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Reticuloendothelial system cells modifying bacterial antigen specificity

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    Berno Heymer & Otto Haferkamp

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Heymer, B., Haferkamp, O. Reticuloendothelial system cells modifying bacterial antigen specificity. Med Microbiol Immunol 157, 96–100 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02121295

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