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APPEARANCE OF SLOW ALPHA 2-GLOBULIN DURING THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE OF THE RAT

W G HEIM, P H LANE

    Nature
    |September 5, 1964
    PubMed
    Abstract

    No abstract available in PubMed .

    Keywords:
    ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGICALPHA GLOBULINBLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESISEXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDYINFLAMMATIONPHYSIOLOGYRATS

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