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Proliferation assays with human, rabbit, rat, and mouse lymphocytes

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    Forrest C. Liu, David B. Hoyt, Raul Coimbra & Wolfgang G. Junger

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Liu, F.C., Hoyt, D.B., Coimbra, R. et al. Proliferation assays with human, rabbit, rat, and mouse lymphocytes. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 32, 520–523 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02722976

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