Operative management of thyroid abnormalities in a general medical practice hospital in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Published in Trop Doct on October 01, 2000

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D A OlaOlorun1, D E Meier, J L Tarpley

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1: Department of Surgery, Baptist Medical Centre, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

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