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PANTELOURIS has reported1 that 1 out of 60 autopsied nude mice possessed a suspected normal thymus, but histological examination was not possible. Here, we report on five nude mice with distinct lobulated thymus-like organs in the thymus area, but which can be shown to be lymph nodes, rather than thymus.
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Pantelouris, E. M., Nature, 254, 140–141 (1975).
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HSU, CK., WHITNEY, R. & HANSEN, C. Thymus-like lymph mode in nude mice. Nature 257, 681–682 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257681a0
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