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. 1989 Apr;2(Suppl):S29–S34. doi: 10.1128/cmr.2.suppl.s29

Cellular immune responses during gonococcal and meningococcal infections.

M D Cooper 1, E J Moticka 1
PMCID: PMC358074  PMID: 2497960

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