Medical Hypotheses
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 160-162 , February 2001

A pendular mechanism for maintenance of the immune memory

Received 15 September 1999 ,Accepted 28 March 2000.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1132

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 160-162 , February 2001

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