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Embryonic antigens and tumor cell cytolysis

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  1. Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    P. C. Jones, N. Sidell & R. F. Irie

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Jones, P.C., Sidell, N. & Irie, R.F. Embryonic antigens and tumor cell cytolysis. Cancer Immunol Immunother 8, 211–214 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00206037

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