Is routine antenatal screening for syphilis in Nigeria still justified clinically and economically?
Al-Mendalawi, M.D.
Saudi Medical Journal 32(1): 92-93
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0379-5284 PMID: 21212929 Document Number: 654081
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