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. 1972 Feb;48(1):1–12. doi: 10.1136/sti.48.1.1

Presidential Address to the M.S.S.V.D. Systemic disease and the biological false positive reaction.

R D Catterall
PMCID: PMC1048264  PMID: 4552588

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