The Utility of the helicobacter pylori stool antigen test in managing dyspepsia: an experience from a low resource setting
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عنوان ژورنال: African Health Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1680-6905
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i4.9