Imprint Cytology: A Simple, Cost Effectiveness Analysis for Diagnosing Helicobacter Pylori, in West of Iran

Background: This study was to determine the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive values (NPV) and agreement between two methods of the stained gastric imprint cytology smears and stained gastric specimen biopsy mucosal methods for detection of H. pylori. Met...

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Main Authors: Kaykhosro Mardanpur, Ramin Tavafzadeh, Mahtab Rahbar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2012-02-01
Series:Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Online Access:http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-292&slc_lang=en&sid=1