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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 60, 1966 - Issue 2
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The serological diagnosis of cysticercosis

E. M. Proctor From the Amoebiasis Research Unit, and the Department of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban
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S. J. Powell From the Amoebiasis Research Unit, and the Department of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban
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R. Elsdon-Dew From the Amoebiasis Research Unit, and the Department of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban
Pages 146-151 | Received 08 Feb 1966, Published online: 15 Mar 2016

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