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Migration of Small Lymphocytes from the Skin to the Regional Lymph Nodes

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THE route of sensitization of lymphocytes to homografts has for long been a matter for speculation, and two schools of thought exist. It has been suggested that sensitization occurs either peripherally in the graft1 or, alternatively, centrally in the regional lymph node2,3.

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ELVES, M. Migration of Small Lymphocytes from the Skin to the Regional Lymph Nodes. Nature 227, 725–727 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227725a0

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