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Mycoplasma pulmonis and lymphoma
Trenton R. Schoeb,
Ernest E. McConnell, M. Margaret Juliana,
Jerry K. Davis,
Maureen K. Davidson,
J. Russell Lindsey,
Trenton R. Schoeb
Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorM. Margaret Juliana
Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorJerry K. Davis
Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Search for more papers by this authorMaureen K. Davidson
U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
Search for more papers by this authorJ. Russell Lindsey
Emeritus, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorTrenton R. Schoeb,
Ernest E. McConnell, M. Margaret Juliana,
Jerry K. Davis,
Maureen K. Davidson,
J. Russell Lindsey,
Trenton R. Schoeb
Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorM. Margaret Juliana
Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorJerry K. Davis
Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Search for more papers by this authorMaureen K. Davidson
U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
Search for more papers by this authorJ. Russell Lindsey
Emeritus, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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