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Levamisole: A review and some observations in its effects on immunocompetence in protein-energy malnutrition and old age

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    J. E. Chandrashekar & R. K. Chandra

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From the Departments of Medicine and Paediatrics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Newfoundland, Canada.

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Chandrashekar, J.E., Chandra, R.K. Levamisole: A review and some observations in its effects on immunocompetence in protein-energy malnutrition and old age. Indian J Pediatr 46, 147–157 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02749315

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