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J Anal Res Clin Med. 2015;3(3): 157-163. doi: 10.15171/jarcm.2015.025

Original Research

Intestinal parasitic infections in patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A case-control study

Mehdi Mohtashamipour ¹, Shervin Ghaffari Ghaffari Hoseini ², Nader Pestehchian ³, Hoseinali Yousefi ⁴, Esmaeel Fallah ⁵ * , Teimour Hazratian ⁶

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