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USING standard immunoelectrophoretic techniques in gelatin1 or on cellulose polyacetate2, the minimum time for an indication of multiple antigen–antibody precipitin reactions is from a few hours to two days. Even various gelatin diffusion techniques3–5 may take from a few hours up to 22 days6. The need for a rapid means of detecting multiple antigen–antibody reactions as evidence of antigen homogeneity or heterogeneity is therefore apparent.
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ZYDECK, F., MUIRHEAD, E. & SCHNEIDER, H. A Rapid Technique for detecting Multiple Antigen–Antibody Precipitin Reactions. Nature 205, 189–190 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205189a0
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