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IT is a matter of common observation that in the lymph node of the older animal each of the subdivisions of the lymphoid pulp, namely, centron1, cortex and medullary cord, maintains a different type of population. The centron may have a high population of blast cells; the cortex remains predominantly composed of small lymphocytes, and the medullary cord specializes in plasma cells.
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MENZIES, D. Concept of Micro-environment related to the Regional Cytology of Lymph Nodes. Nature 213, 714–715 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213714a0
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