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LETTER: Significance of Blood Urea: Gastric Ammonia Gradient for H. pylori Detection in Childhood

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    Alexander A. Nijevitch & Valentine V. Loguinovskaya

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Nijevitch, A.A., Loguinovskaya, V.V. LETTER: Significance of Blood Urea: Gastric Ammonia Gradient for H. pylori Detection in Childhood. Dig Dis Sci 47, 65–66 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013259302767

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