Failure of Hyperimmune Gamma Globulin to Prevent Whooping Cough
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which Dr Coope and her colleagues based their statistics are not available and may, in fact, not differ markedly from the range of normal for their laboratory. For example, although they comment on raised levels of factor X, there is no significant difference in this parameter between their oestrogentreated and placebo groups. The thromboelastogram also showed no significant change. The clinica...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1957
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.32.163.236