THE EFFECT OF 6-MERCAPTOPURINE ON DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY IN GUINEA PIGS
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- 1 November 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 116 (5) , 679-685
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.116.5.679
Abstract
The development of tuberculin hypersensitivity in guinea pigs after BCG stimulation was suppressed by intramuscular administration of 50 mg/kg/day of 6-mercaptopurine started at the time of stimulation. Fasting of guinea pigs after BCG stimulation had no effect on the development of tuberculin hypersensitivity.Keywords
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