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. 2014 Dec 22;58(1):108–110. doi: 10.1007/s11427-014-4794-z

May early intervention with intravenous immunoglobulin pose a potentially successful treatment for Ebola virus infection?

Ying Ge 1, TaiSheng Li 1,
PMCID: PMC7089321  PMID: 25558865

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