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  • 1International Research Laboratories, Ciba-Geigy Japan Ltd., P.O. Box 1, Takarazuka 665, Japan (I.M., S.-i.M., S.T., Y.K., G.I., J.-i.M., M.H., T.N., S.-i.K., A.S., K.H., D.O.).

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