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The results of a modified Middlebrook-Dubos hemagglutination test in leprosy; 261 cases.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Repura
سال: 1954
ISSN: 0024-1008,2185-1352
DOI: 10.5025/hansen1930.23.2_64