African Journal of
Medical and Health Sciences

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL, ABAKALIKI, NIGERIA
  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Med. Health Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2384-5589
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMHS
  • Start Year: 2017
  • Published Articles: 79

Full Length Research Paper

Severity of coronary atherosclerosis in hypertensive: A postmortem study

AZEKE, Akhator Terence
  • AZEKE, Akhator Terence
  • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria.
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IMASOGIE, Dele Eradebamwen
  • IMASOGIE, Dele Eradebamwen
  • Department of Morbid Anatomy, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 02 April 2020
  •  Accepted: 25 August 2020
  •  Published: 30 September 2020

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