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Studies on the Dd antigen-antibody system. I. The nature of antigen Dd and its antibodies

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The nature of antigen Dd, an antigen present in the extracts of human dandruff which precipitates human sera selectively, and antibodies reacting with it are reported.

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This work was supported through U.G.C. Grant No. F.23-230/75/SR II. H.K. participated in this study, first as J.R.F. of U.G.C. and then as S.R.F. of I.C.M.R. We are grateful to Dr Baruch S. Blumberg for his invaluable suggestions and to Professor H. Walter for the gift of IgG, IgM and IgA immune sera.

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Kaur, H., Shrivastava, P.K. Studies on the Dd antigen-antibody system. I. The nature of antigen Dd and its antibodies. Experientia 38, 1481–1483 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01955782

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