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Original Article

Human B Cell Differentiation Induced by Microbial Superantigens: Unselected Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes Secrete Polyclonal Immunoglobulin in Response to Mycopusma Arthrztidzs Mitogen

Mary K. Crow Department of Medicine, The Hospital for Special Surgery, and The New York Hospital-Cornell, University Medical College, New York, New York, 10021
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Gary Zagon Department of Medicine, The Hospital for Special Surgery, and The New York Hospital-Cornell, University Medical College, New York, New York, 10021
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Zhongqiang Chu Department of Medicine, The Hospital for Special Surgery, and The New York Hospital-Cornell, University Medical College, New York, New York, 10021
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Bernard Ravina Department of Medicine, The Hospital for Special Surgery, and The New York Hospital-Cornell, University Medical College, New York, New York, 10021
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Joseph R. Tumang Department of Medicine, The Hospital for Special Surgery, and The New York Hospital-Cornell, University Medical College, New York, New York, 10021
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Barry C. Cole Division of Rheumatology. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132
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Steven M. Friedman Department of Medicine, The Hospital for Special Surgery, and The New York Hospital-Cornell, University Medical College, New York, New York, 10021
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Pages 23-32 | Received 07 Feb 1992, Accepted 06 Aug 1992, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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