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. 1964 Nov 30;120(6):1041–1049. doi: 10.1084/jem.120.6.1041

STUDIES ON ANTIBODY PRODUCTION

XI. VARIATION IN THE SECONDARY RESPONSE AS A FUNCTION OF THE LENGTH OF THE INTERVAL BETWEEN TWO ANTIGENIC STIMULI

Alfonz I Fecsik 1, William T Butler 1, Albert H Coons 1
PMCID: PMC2137782  PMID: 14238923

Abstract

As the interval between two antigenic stimuli to mice is lengthened, the magnitude of the response to the second dose increases up to approximately 40 days; thereafter it remains at a fairly constant, high level.

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