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Mollaret's antigen

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Antigen produced from lymphatic matter from patients with cat-scratch disease.

Bibliography

  • P. Mollaret, J. Reilly, R. Bastin, P. Toursier:
    Une maladie ganglionnaire nouvelle. Adénopathie régionale subaigue et spontanement curable avec intradermo réaction et lésions histologiques perticulières.
    Bulletins et memoires de la Société medicale des hôpitaux de Paris, 1950, 66: 424-449. La lymphoréticulose bénigne d'inoculation.
    La presse médicale, Paris, 1950, 58: 1353-1355.
  • P. Mollaret:
    Eine neue lymphatische Erkrankung und ein neues Virus: die gutartige Impflymphoreticulosis.
    Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 1952, 64: 497-501.

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