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Sequential therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication: the time is now!

Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy berardino.vaira{at}unibo.it

Angelo Zullo

Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome, Italy

Cesare Hassan

Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome, Italy

Giulia Fiorini

Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Nimish Vakil

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

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This version was published on November 1, 2009

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, Vol. 2, No. 6, 317-322 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1756283X09343326


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