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Aphallia: A Rare Congenital Anomaly in a Low-Resource Setting

Awet Ghebreberhan Mehretab1 Department of Surgery, Adi Quala Hospital, Adi Quala, EritreaCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-8754
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Nahom Daniel Berhe2 Department of Internal Medicine, Mendefera Zonal Referral Hospital, Mendefera, Eritrea
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Emnet Tekeste Fekadu3 Department of Surgery, Barentu Military Hospital, Barentu, Eritrea
Pages 481-484 | Received 16 Jun 2023, Accepted 21 Aug 2023, Published online: 23 Aug 2023

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