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To the Editor: Talley et al. (Oct. 7 issue)¹ report the absence of a symptomatic benefit of treating Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with nonulcer dyspepsia. The study was conducted in the United States. Previous double-blind, randomized studies performed elsewhere in the world have shown a significant benefit^2,3,4 or a trend in that direction.^5,6 What is the explanation for the different findings?

The patients in the study by Talley et al. were unusu-al in that they had little benefit from the eradication of H. pylori infection as a means of preventing the subsequent development of ulcer disease. The proportion of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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