Human lymphatic filariasis is not a disease, but a syndrome!

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-284

  Sabesan, Shanmugavelu ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

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