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. 1985;63(6):1107–1113.

Tubal infertility in the Gambia: chlamydial and gonococcal serology in women with tubal occlusion compared with pregnant controls.

D C Mabey, G Ogbaselassie, J N Robertson, J E Heckels, M E Ward
PMCID: PMC2536463  PMID: 3938962

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