Research Journal of Medical Sciences

Year: 2010
Volume: 4
Issue: 6
Page No. 352 - 356

Severe Malaria at a Tertiary Paediatric Emergency Unit in South West Nigeria

Authors : O.A. Oyedeji, I.O. Oluwayemi, A.A. Afolabi, O. Bolaji and F.F. Fadero

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