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. 1954 Mar;67(3):257–263. doi: 10.1128/jb.67.3.257-263.1954

THE EFFECT OF CORTISONE AND STREPTOMYCIN ON EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN RABBITS1

Thomas E Morgan a,2, Sidney H Wanzer a,2, David T Smith a
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