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Work cited from the authors’ laboratory was sup-ported by grants from the Swedish Cancer Society and King Gustaf Vth’s 80 years’ fund.
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Rask, L., Peterson, P.A. Structure of class ii transplantation antigens and their relationship to other molecules. Surv. immunol. Res. 2, 275–277 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02918430
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