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Long-term follow-up of IgG and IgA antibodies against viral capsid antigens of Epstein-Barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Tsong-Chou Lynn ,
Shih-Mien Tu  and
Akiyoshi Kawamura Jr
Tsong-Chou Lynn*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology,National University, Taiwan
Shih-Mien Tu
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology,National University, Taiwan
Akiyoshi Kawamura Jr
Affiliation:
Department of Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, National University, Tokyo. Part of this paper was presented at the 12th Congress of Otorhinolaryngology, 21-27 June 1981, Budapest, Hungary.
*
Tsong-Chou Lynn, M.D., ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 1 Chang-Te Street, Taipei, Taiwan 100.
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 99 , Issue 6 , June 1985 , pp. 567 - 572
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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