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Treatment strategy to eradicate Helicobacter pylori infection: impact of pharmacogenomics-based acid inhibition regimen and alternative antibiotics

Mitsushige Sugimoto Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, First Department of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan +81 53 435 2261; +81 53 434 9447; [email protected]
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Takahisa Furuta Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, First Department of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan +81 53 435 2261; +81 53 434 9447; [email protected]
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Naohito Shirai Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, First Department of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan +81 53 435 2261; +81 53 434 9447; [email protected]
, MD, PhD,
Chise Kodaira Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, First Department of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan +81 53 435 2261; +81 53 434 9447; [email protected]
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Masafumi Nishino Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, First Department of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan +81 53 435 2261; +81 53 434 9447; [email protected]
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Mihoko Yamade Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, First Department of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan +81 53 435 2261; +81 53 434 9447; [email protected]
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Mutsuhiro Ikuma Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, First Department of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan +81 53 435 2261; +81 53 434 9447; [email protected]
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Hiroshi Watanabe Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, First Department of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan +81 53 435 2261; +81 53 434 9447; [email protected]
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Kyoichi Ohashi Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, First Department of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan +81 53 435 2261; +81 53 434 9447; [email protected]
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Akira Hishida Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, First Department of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan +81 53 435 2261; +81 53 434 9447; [email protected]
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Takashi Ishizaki Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, First Department of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan +81 53 435 2261; +81 53 434 9447; [email protected]
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Pages 2701-2717 | Published online: 24 Oct 2007

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