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The Diagnostic Value of Symptoms and Signs in Acute Tonsillitis in Children over the Age of 10 and in Adults

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Marjukka Mäkelä. (1988) A Year of Rapid Slide-culture in Health Centres: Novelty Wears off. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 6:4, pages 245-249.
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