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. 1960 Jan;39(1):72–81. doi: 10.1172/JCI104029

A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE NORMAL BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY OF HUMAN SERUM TO BACTERIAL INFECTION^{^*}

Robert J Roantree ^1,^2,^†, Lowell A Rantz ^1,²

PMCID: PMC290665 PMID: 16695824

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