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A Simple, Rapid, and Highly Reliable Capsule-based 14C Urea Breath Test for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection

A. K. Hamlet Centre for Gastroenterological Research, Depts. of Surgery, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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K. I. M. Erlandsson Centre for Gastroenterological Research, Depts. of Surgery, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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L. Olbe Centre for Gastroenterological Research, Depts. of Surgery, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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A.-M. Svennerholm Centre for Gastroenterological Research, Depts. of Surgery, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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V. E. M. Backman Centre for Gastroenterological Research, Depts. of Surgery, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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A. B. Pettersson Centre for Gastroenterological Research, Depts. of Surgery, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
Pages 1058-1063 | Received 03 Sep 1994, Accepted 13 Mar 1995, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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