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Cryoprecipitates and immune complexes: decrease in antibody bound 131 I-labeled BSA antigen after cryoprecipitation in rabbit serum.

W R Griswold·K C Hsu·R M McIntosh
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W R Griswold, K C Hsu, R M McIntosh. 1973. Cryoprecipitates and immune complexes: decrease in antibody bound 131 I-labeled BSA antigen after cryoprecipitation in rabbit serum.. https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-142-37226

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