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THE therapy of leukaemias by the administration of heterologous antisera has been tested both in experimental animals1–5 and in patients6,7, but the results have been variable and confusing. This article seeks to explain these discrepancies and indicates how positive results might be obtained.
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REIF, A., KIM, CA. Therapy of Transplantable Mouse Leukaemias with Antileukaemia Sera. Nature 223, 1377–1379 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2231377a0
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