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CONSIDERABLE uncertainty exists about the origin and the identity of the cells of infectious mononucleosis. They have been described as atypical lymphocytes, as monocytes, as reticular-endothelial cells developing towards a lymphomonocyte or even a plasma cell. Most hæmatologists1,2, however, regard them as mature cells, even though they do vary greatly in size and shape.
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GAVOSTO, F., PILERI, A. & MARAINI, G. Incorporation of Thymidine labelled with Tritium by Circulating Cells of Infectious Mononucleosis. Nature 183, 1691–1692 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831691a0
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