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A structural model for the location of the Rodgers and the Chido antigenic determinants and their correlation with the human complement component C4A/C4B isotypes

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Yu, C.Y., Campbell, R.D. & Porter, R.R. A structural model for the location of the Rodgers and the Chido antigenic determinants and their correlation with the human complement component C4A/C4B isotypes. Immunogenetics 27, 399–405 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00364425

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