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What is the optimal therapy for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 3, pages 126–127 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textCalvet X et al. (2005) Seven versus ten days of rabeprazole triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication: a multicenter randomized trial. Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1696–1701

10-day triple therapy is more effective than 7-day triple therapy for H. pylori eradication, but clinicians should consider quadruple sequential therapy as an alternative treatment

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El-Omar, E. What is the optimal therapy for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 3, 126–127 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0422

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