Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 1008-1011 , July 2001

A prospective study of a one-week nonbismuth quadruple therapy for childhood Helicobacter pylori infection

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☆ Address reprint requests to Professor Paul K.H. Tam, Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong Medical Center, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.

PII: S0022-3468(01)18471-X

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.24726

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 1008-1011 , July 2001

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