César Milstein

Nobel Prize lecture

From the Structure of Antibodies to the Diversification of the Immune Response

César Milstein held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1984, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Hans Wigzell of the Karolinska Institutet.

From the Structure of Antibodies to the Diversification of the Immune Response

César Milstein held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1984, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Hans Wigzell of the Karolinska Institutet.

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From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1981-1990, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr, Editor Jan Lindsten, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1993

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