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Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 898276, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/898276
Clinical Study

Comparing Multiplex PCR and Rapid Urease Test in the Detection of H. pylori in Patients on Proton Pump Inhibitors

Thomas Chen,1 Xiangwen Meng,2 H. Zhang,2 Rebecca W. Tsang,3 and Tat-Kin Tsang4

1College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1853 West Polk Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
2TZAM Diagnostics LLC, 1824 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091, USA
3Department of Medicine, Loyola University Hospital, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
4Department of Gastroenterology, NorthShore University Health System, University of Chicago, Glenview, IL 60026, USA

Received 8 July 2012; Accepted 21 November 2012

Academic Editor: Vikram Kate

Copyright © 2012 Thomas Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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