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. 1961 May;40(5):794–798. doi: 10.1172/JCI104312

ADRENAL STEROIDS AND INFECTION: THE EFFECT OF CORTISONE ADMINISTRATION ON POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTIC FUNCTIONS AND ON SERUM OPSONINS AND BACTERICIDINS*

James G Hirsch 1, Alice B Church 1
PMCID: PMC290790  PMID: 13714577

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