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Original Article

Colonization by haemophilus influenzae and group a streptococci in recurrent acute tonsillitis and in tonsillar hypertrophy

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Pages 314-319 | Received 29 May 1989, Accepted 28 Jul 1989, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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