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The Influence of Latent Syphilitic Infection on the Reaction of the Rabbit to the Brown-pearce Tumor
The reaction of the latent syphilitic rabbit to inoculation with the Brown-Pearce tumor was studied in 50 standard bred rabbits representing five breeds. The mean tumor mortality rate in the combined group was found to be significantly lower than a weighted control value for normal non-syphilitic animals, and the mean tumor mortality rate for each of the five breeds studied was lower in the syp...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: the american journal of the medical sciences
سال: 1915
ISSN: 0002-9629
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-191508000-00004