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. 1989 Apr;2(Suppl):S5–10. doi: 10.1128/cmr.2.suppl.s5

Humoral immune response to gonococcal infections.

G F Brooks 1, C J Lammel 1
PMCID: PMC358070  PMID: 2470497

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