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Sequential Therapy Best Approach to H. Pylori Infection
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Title Sequential Therapy Best Approach to H. Pylori Infection
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574753?src=rss
Description In previously untreated patients, sequential therapy with a proton-pump inhibitor and antibiotics is better at eradicating Helicobacter pylori infection than is standard therapy, which involves giving these agents all at once, according to a meta-analysis of trial data. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Gastroenterology
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Date May 21, 2008
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