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Mechanism of Increase of Endotoxin Susceptibility in Animals showing Delayed Hypersensitivity

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IN recent years considerable attention has been paid to the fact that an increase in susceptibility to the pyrogenic and shock-producing action of bacterial endotoxins could be demonstrated in animals showing delayed hypersensitivity1.

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JOHANOVSKÝ, J., VRÁNA, M., VEJBORA, O. et al. Mechanism of Increase of Endotoxin Susceptibility in Animals showing Delayed Hypersensitivity. Nature 190, 182–183 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190182a0

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