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The chronic discharging ear in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

B. C. Okafor
B. C. Okafor*
Affiliation:
Enugu, Nigeria
*
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 01129, Enugu, Nigeria.
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , February 1984 , pp. 113 - 120
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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