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. 1972 Nov;23(5):791–794.

Thymus dependence of the antibody response to Maia squinado haemocyanin in mice

Brigitte A Askonas, A J S Davies, Ethel B Jacobson, Elizabeth Leuchars, G E Roelants
PMCID: PMC1407952  PMID: 4539075

Abstract

Using mice deprived of T cells by thymectomy and irradiation or nude mice with congenital aplasia of the thymus, it was shown that the antibody response to MSH is thymus dependent.

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