Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 541-543 , August 2010

Efficacy of H. pylori eradication with a sequential regimen followed by rescue therapy in clinical practice

Received 9 September 2009 ,Accepted 13 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.12.007

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 541-543 , August 2010

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