Jean Dausset

Nobel Prize lecture

The Major Histocompatibility Complex in Man – Past, Present, and Future Concepts

Jean Dausset held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1980, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Georg Klein of the Karolinska Medico-Chirurgical Institute.

The Major Histocompatibility Complex in Man – Past, Present, and Future Concepts

Jean Dausset held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1980, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Georg Klein of the Karolinska Medico-Chirurgical Institute.

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From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1971-1980, Editor Jan Lindsten, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1992

 

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