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Helicobacter pylori gastritis therapy with omeprazole and clarithromycin increases serum carbamazepine levels

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    David C. Metz MD & Harry D. Getz DO

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 8th floor Gates Building, 3400 Spruce Street, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    David C. Metz MD & Harry D. Getz DO

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Metz, D.C., Getz, H.D. Helicobacter pylori gastritis therapy with omeprazole and clarithromycin increases serum carbamazepine levels. Digest Dis Sci 40, 912–915 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02064999

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