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Alvin Frank Goldfarb

Born  1923
Died  

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    American obstetrician, born 1923.

    Biography of Alvin Frank Goldfarb

    Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

    Bibliography

    • Alvin F. Goldfarb, editor:
      Atlas of Clinical Gynecology: Volume 1, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
      Philadelphia, PA, Current Medicine/Appleton & Lange, 1998.
    • Alvin F. Goldfarb, editor:
      The Endocrine Management of Benign Gynecologic Disease.
      Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998. 204 pages.
    • Alvin F. Goldfarb, editor:
      Clinical Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
      Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1996.

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