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Economic benefits and costs of surgery for filarial hydrocele in Malawi
BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is endemic in 72 countries of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. An estimated 25 million men live with the disabling effects of filarial hydrocele. Hydrocele can be corrected with surgery with few complications. For most men, hydrocelectomy reduces or corr...
Autores principales: | Sawers, Larry, Stillwaggon, Eileen, Chiphwanya, John, Mkwanda, Square Z., Betts, Hannah, Martindale, Sarah, Kelly-Hope, Louise A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7094819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32210436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008003 |
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