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. 2000 Feb 8;162(3):371–372.

The urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori infection: taking the wind out of the sails of endoscopy

C A Fallone 1, S J Veldhuyzen van Zanten 1, N Chiba 1
PMCID: PMC1231020  PMID: 10693597

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