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. 2001 Mar;48(3):287–289. doi: 10.1136/gut.48.3.287

Blood, urine, stool, breath, money, and Helicobacter pylori

D VAIRA 1, N VAKIL 1
PMCID: PMC1760150  PMID: 11171812

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Sensitivity and specificity (with 95% confidence intervals) of the stool antigen test before and after therapy. WM, weighted mean.    

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Sensitivity and specificity of the stool antigen test before and after therapy with different reference standards (urea breath test (UBT) as the sole reference standard; endoscopy based standard: two tests as the gold standard). WM, weighted mean.

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