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Imaging inflammation with human polyclonal immunoglobulin: not looked for but discovered

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    Frans H. M. Corstens & Roland A. M. J. Claessens

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Corstens, F.H.M., Claessens, R.A.M.J. Imaging inflammation with human polyclonal immunoglobulin: not looked for but discovered. Eur J Nucl Med 19, 155–158 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00173274

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