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SINCE Freund first showed that a demyelinating encephalitis could be produced by the subcutaneous injection of brain tissue with an adjuvant prepared from tubercle bacilli, this method has been used to induce other auto-antibodies. Freund and other workers have shown aspermatogenesis following the injection of homologous testicular extract with an adjuvant1, and similarly other auto-antibodies have been produced against lens tissue2 and peripheral nerves3.
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RHODES, E. An Attempt to obtain Auto-immunity to Tumours with Freund's Adjuvant and Tetanus Toxoid. Nature 193, 1091 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1931091a0
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