FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO HIGHLY SENSITIVE SEROLOGICAL TESTS FOR SYPHILIS
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Microbiology
سال: 1957
ISSN: 0021-5139
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1957.tb00043.x