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IgG4 as a blocking antibody

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  1. Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service and Laboratory for Experimental and Clinical Immunology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    R. C. Aalberse, M. Aalbers & J. van Leeuwen

  2. the Department of Allergology, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam

    P. H. Dieges

  3. the Departments of Allergology and Pulmonology, University Hospital Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    V. Knul-Bretlova & P. Vooren

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  1. R. C. Aalberse
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The serologic investigations reported here were supported by Grant 258 from the Netherlands Asthma Foundation.

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Aalberse, R.C., Dieges, P.H., Knul-Bretlova, V. et al. IgG4 as a blocking antibody. Clin Rev Allerg 1, 289–302 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02991163

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