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Prevention of Rapid Immune Elimination of Anti-lymphocytic Globulin in Transplant Patients

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Prior treatment of human allograft recipients with aggregate-free normal horse immunoglobulin circumvents the problem of antibody formation in subsequent anti-lymphocytic globulin therapy.

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BUTLER, W., ROSSEN, R., HERSH, E. et al. Prevention of Rapid Immune Elimination of Anti-lymphocytic Globulin in Transplant Patients. Nature 224, 856–860 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224856a0

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