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C S Rohini Dhanya1, H T Jayaprakash2

  • 1Tutor, Department of Pathology, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College & Hospital , Bangalore, India .

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR
|May 19, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
Cervicovaginal smearFilariasisPostmenopausal woman

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