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. 1976 Apr;76(2):215–228. doi: 10.1017/s002217240005511x

Age-sex distribution of various diseases with particular reference to toxoplasmic lymphadenopathy.

J K Beverley, D G Fleck, W Kwantes, G B Ludlam
PMCID: PMC2129617  PMID: 1063216

Abstract

An account is given of some human diseases which affect one sex more than the other. An age-sex realtionship has been noted among British patients with acquired toxoplasmic lymphadenopathy. This is compared with the findings of other European workers. A possible explanation is offered taking all these diseases into consideration together with some of the experimental work done in animals and some of the variations in immunological responses by man.

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