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Table of Content Volume 8 Issue 3 - December 2018

 



Determination of sex on basis of index and ring finger ratio

 

Radha K1*, Kamalakkannan V2

 

1Associate Professor, 2Senior Resident, Department of Anatomy, Vinayaka Missions Medical College, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (Deemed To Be University), Karaikal-609609, Pondicherry, INDIA.

Email: ajjuradha@gmail.com

 

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