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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103065

A STUDY OF GAMMA GLOBULIN IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

J. H. Vaughan, A. Armato, J. C. Goldthwait, P. Brachman, C. B. Favour, and T. B. Bayles

Medical Services of the Peter Bent Brigham and Robert Breck Brigham Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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Present address: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

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This work was supported by U. S. Public Health Service Grants RG2689 and A-34 (C) and the Nell Lucas Forsythe Fund of the Harvard Medical School.

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Medical Services of the Peter Bent Brigham and Robert Breck Brigham Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

2

Present address: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

1

This work was supported by U. S. Public Health Service Grants RG2689 and A-34 (C) and the Nell Lucas Forsythe Fund of the Harvard Medical School.

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Medical Services of the Peter Bent Brigham and Robert Breck Brigham Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

2

Present address: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

1

This work was supported by U. S. Public Health Service Grants RG2689 and A-34 (C) and the Nell Lucas Forsythe Fund of the Harvard Medical School.

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Medical Services of the Peter Bent Brigham and Robert Breck Brigham Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

2

Present address: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

1

This work was supported by U. S. Public Health Service Grants RG2689 and A-34 (C) and the Nell Lucas Forsythe Fund of the Harvard Medical School.

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Medical Services of the Peter Bent Brigham and Robert Breck Brigham Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

2

Present address: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

1

This work was supported by U. S. Public Health Service Grants RG2689 and A-34 (C) and the Nell Lucas Forsythe Fund of the Harvard Medical School.

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Medical Services of the Peter Bent Brigham and Robert Breck Brigham Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

2

Present address: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

1

This work was supported by U. S. Public Health Service Grants RG2689 and A-34 (C) and the Nell Lucas Forsythe Fund of the Harvard Medical School.

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Published January 1, 1955 - More info

Published in Volume 34, Issue 1 on January 1, 1955
J Clin Invest. 1955;34(1):75–85. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103065.
© 1955 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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