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Inhibition of the Macroglobulinaemic Phase of the Antibody Responses

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REPEATED antigenic stimulation usually affects the immune response, qualitatively and quantitatively, by shifting the antibody equilibrium from the 19S towards the 7S class1.

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VILLA, M., MOCARELLI, P., NATALE, N. et al. Inhibition of the Macroglobulinaemic Phase of the Antibody Responses. Nature 220, 1051–1052 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2201051a0

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