The negative appendicectomy rate in Zaria, Nigeria

J. G. Makama S. A. Ahmed; E. S. Garba; L. Khalid K. Abdullahi

Departments of Surgery and Pathology Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Shika-Zaria Nigeria

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