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Valent, P. (2002). Isolation and Culture of Mast Cells and Basophils. In: Koller, M.R., Palsson, B.O., Masters, J.R.W. (eds) Human Cell Culture. Human Cell Culture, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46886-7_10

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