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The antitumor effect of Corynebacterium parvum, first demonstrated by Halpern et al. (1966) and Woodruff and Boak (1966), has led to the development of a major research effort into the use of bacterial products of corynebacteria as immunostimulants and antitumor agents (Halpern et al., 1964; Smith and Woodruff, 1968; Paslin et al., 1974; Proctor et al., 1973; Adlam et al.,1972; Likhite and Halpern, 1973; Milas et al., 1974; Wilkinson et al., 1973).
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Dimitrov, N.V., Chouroulinkov, I., Israel, L., O’Rangers, J.J. (1975). Regression of Hamster Melanoma by Corynebacterium parvum . In: Halpern, B. (eds) Corynebacterium Parvum. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4428-5_31
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