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Original Article

Application of an enzyme-linked immunoassay for the measurement of pregnancy zone protein (PZP) in cell culture supernatants and sera

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Pages 207-213 | Received 11 Apr 1986, Accepted 24 Sep 1986, Published online: 17 Mar 2010

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