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The chronic discharging ear in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

B. C. Okafor*
Affiliation:
Enugu, Nigeria
*
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 01129, Enugu, Nigeria.

Abstract

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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