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. 1968 Dec;44(4):291–294. doi: 10.1136/sti.44.4.291

Some observations on the sorbing agent used in the absorbed fluorescent treponemal antibody (FTA-ABS) test.

A E Wilkinson, H G Ferguson
PMCID: PMC1048420  PMID: 4884723

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