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. 1959 Aug;38(8):1394–1403. doi: 10.1172/JCI103915

THE EFFECT OF 6-MERCAPTOPURINE ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY IMMUNE RESPONSES *

Robert Schwartz 1,2,†, Anna Eisner 1,2, William Dameshek 1,2
PMCID: PMC442094  PMID: 13673096

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