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. 1959 Oct;150(4):713–730. doi: 10.1097/00000658-195910000-00014

Germfree Animals in Surgical Research *

Stanley M Levenson, Richard P Mason, Tyron E Huber, Ole J Malm, Richard E Horowitz, A Einheber
PMCID: PMC1613458  PMID: 14416151

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