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Section Type: METHODS

Text: Recruited patients were assigned to one of the following four regimens : (I) omeprazole 40 mg o. m. plus amoxycillin 1 g b. d. and clarithromycin 500 mg b. d. for 10 days (OAC : 55 patients) ; (ii) omeprazole 40 mg o. m. on days 1-5, plus amoxycillin 1 g b. d., clarithromycin 500 mg b. d. and metronidazole 500 mg b. d. on days 3-5 (OACM : 56 patients) ; (iii) ranitidine bismuth citrate 400 mg b. d. plus amoxycillin 1 g b. d. and clarithromycin 500 mg b. d. for 10 days (RAC : 54 patients) ; (iv) ranitidine bismuth citrate 400 mg b. d. on days 1-5, plus amoxycillin 1 g b. d., clarithromycin 500 mg b. d. and metronidazole 500 mg b. d. on days 3-5 (RACM : 56 patients).