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. 1961 Feb;40(2):295–301. doi: 10.1172/JCI104256

OBSERVATIONS ON THE PYROGENIC RESPONSE AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE BIOASSAY OF ENDOTOXIN

Willis R Keene 1,*, Harold R Silberman 1,†, Maurice Landy 1
PMCID: PMC290722  PMID: 13752168

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