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Serum immunoglobulins in patients with chronic tonsillitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. El-Ashmawy
Affiliation:
Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
A. Taha
Affiliation:
Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
A. Fatt-Hi
Affiliation:
Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
A. Basyouni
Affiliation:
Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
S. Zaher
Affiliation:
Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.

Abstract

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1980

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