Ranitidine bismuth citrate (RBC) based triple therapy for 7 days is more effective than RBC plus clarithromycin for 14 days in dyspeptic patients with Helicobacter pylori infection

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 991-996

  Cestari, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON 13; CLARITHROMYCIN; RANITIDINE BISMUTH CITRATE; TINIDAZOLE; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEADACHE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANITIDINE; TIME FACTORS; TINIDAZOLE;

EID: 0031687085     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.1998.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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