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Burden of hydrocoele assessed from medical and surgical records in a lymphatic filariasis endemic country, Samoa
BACKGROUND: Samoa is a Pacific Island country that has long been known to have a high burden of lymphatic filariasis. Little has been documented about the burden of disability due to the chronic complications of the disease. We examined the rates of hydrocoele amongst the Samoan male population to b...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6836510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31719790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0179-0 |