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Original Article

13C-Urea Breath Test in Helicobacter pylori Diagnosis and Eradication Correlation to Histology, Origin of ‘False’ Results, and Influence of Food Intake

H. J. Epple Depts. of Gastroenterology, Clinical Physiology, and Pathology, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
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F. W. Kirstein Depts. of Gastroenterology, Clinical Physiology, and Pathology, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
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C. Bojarski Depts. of Gastroenterology, Clinical Physiology, and Pathology, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
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J. Frege Depts. of Gastroenterology, Clinical Physiology, and Pathology, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
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M. Fromm Depts. of Gastroenterology, Clinical Physiology, and Pathology, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
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E. O. Riecken Depts. of Gastroenterology, Clinical Physiology, and Pathology, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
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J. D. Schulzke Depts. of Gastroenterology, Clinical Physiology, and Pathology, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
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Pages 308-314 | Received 10 Sep 1996, Accepted 16 Dec 1996, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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