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Biochemical and immunological studies on Aspergillus

II. Immunological properties of protein and polysaccharide fractions obtained from aspergillus fumigatus

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    Ichiro Azuma, Hamako Kimura, Fumio Hirao, Eiro Tsubura & Yuichi Yamamura

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Azuma, I., Kimura, H., Hirao, F. et al. Biochemical and immunological studies on Aspergillus. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 37, 289–303 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02051363

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