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Separation of Human Leucocytes from Blood

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BECAUSE of the growing interest in the antigenic structure of human leucocytes, the need has arisen for a simple method of collecting pure suspensions of white cells, and for this reason the following method has been evolved.

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WILDY, P., RIDLEY, M. Separation of Human Leucocytes from Blood. Nature 182, 1801–1803 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821801b0

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