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Standardisation of arthritogenic adjuvants for evaluating anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs

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The assistance of interested readers is sought to eliminate one variable factor in drug evaluation using adjuvant disease in rats.

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  1. Department of Experimental Pathology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, 2600, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia

    Michael W. Whitehouse & Frances W. J. Beck

  2. Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California School of Medicine, 90024, Los Angeles, Calif, USA

    Michael W. Whitehouse & Frances W. J. Beck

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Whitehouse, M.W., Beck, F.W.J. Standardisation of arthritogenic adjuvants for evaluating anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs. Agents and Actions 4, 227–229 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965224

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