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Studies reported in this paper were partly funded by the University of Rome. Dr. Paganelli was supported by the Nuffield Foundation and Serono Institute.
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Paganelli, R., Matricardi, P.M. & Aiuti, F. Interactions of food antigens, antibodies, and antigen-antibody complexes in health and disease. Clin Rev Allerg 2, 69–78 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02991212
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