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The Norplant experience at the University Hospital of the West Indies

CAROLE RATTRAY, C. ROBINSON, E. HUSSEY, Y. MACLEOD, T. FAGAN H. H. WYNTER Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Pages 569-572 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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