Epidemiology of the Sheep Cell Agglutination
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Recent research into the nature and significance of rheumatoid serum factors has been largely immunological and biochemical. The epidemiology of these components is virtually unknown. During recent years we have had the opportunity of studying several population samples, and data from these surveys have now been gathered and are presented with particular reference to the epidemiology of the serum factor which reacts with sheep cells sensitized by a rabbit anti-sheep haemolysin.
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Epidemiology of the sheep cell agglutination test.
Recent research into the nature and significance of rheumatoid serum factors has been largely immunological and biochemical. The epidemiology of these components is virtually unknown. During recent years we have had the opportunity of studying several population samples, and data from these surveys have now been gathered and are presented with particular reference to the epidemiology of the ser...
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