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Research Article

Trachoma among adults in Damot Gale District, South Ethiopia

Kefeyalew Regassa Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Tiliksew Teshome Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Pages 9-16 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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