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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 86, 1992 - Issue 4
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Diethylcarbamazine treatment of bancroftian and malayan filariasis with emphasis on side effects

P. C. FanDepartment of Parasitology, National Yangming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Pages 399-405 | Received 18 Dec 1991, Accepted 06 Apr 1992, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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