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. 1959 Feb;38(2):424–434. doi: 10.1172/JCI103817

STUDIES ON THE ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE “RHEUMATOID FACTOR”

H G Kunkel 1, E C Franklin 1, H J Muller-Eberhard 1
PMCID: PMC293171  PMID: 13631075

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