Prevalence of syphilis among antenatal clinic attendees in Karachi: imperative to begin universal screening in Pakistan.

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Published in J Pak Med Assoc on October 01, 2011

Authors

Sharaf Ali Shah1, Sibylle Kristensen, Mohammad Ashraf Memon, Ghazala Usman, Asifa Ghazi, Rubina John, Nalini Sathiakumar, Sten Havlor Vermund

Author Affiliations

1: BIRDGE Consultants Foundation, Karachi, Pakistan.

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