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H pylori infection should be confirmed before eradication therapy. Accurate, cost-effective tests to diagnose the infection are now commercially available. Tests that do not require endoscopy ...

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From July 1998 to August 1999, a total of 600 patients, including 14 patients who were later excluded from the analysis, completed the UBT. Of the 14 excluded, seven patients <20 years old or >70 ...

KARACHI: The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) has introduced urea breath test, an effective, easy and cost-efficient way to diagnose helicobacter, a type of bacteria more commonly known as ...

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