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Rijkers, G.T., van de Corput, L. (2005). Antibody diversity and B cell-mediated immunity. In: Nijkamp, F.P., Parnham, M.J. (eds) Principles of Immunopharmacology. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7408-X_3
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