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. 2002 Sep 21;325(7365):633-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7365.633.

Accumulation of prion protein in tonsil and appendix: review of tissue samples

David A Hilton  1 , Azra C Ghani, Lisa Conyers, Philip Edwards, Linda McCardle, Mark Penney, Diane Ritchie, James W Ironside
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Accumulation of prion protein in tonsil and appendix: review of tissue samples

David A Hilton et al. BMJ. .
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(Left) Distribution of coarse granular prion protein within lymphoid follicle of appendix, suggestive of follicular dendritic cells. (Right) Lymphoreticular accumulation of prion protein in appendix tissue from patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, removed two years before onset of symptoms
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(Left) Distribution of coarse granular prion protein within lymphoid follicle of appendix, suggestive of follicular dendritic cells. (Right) Lymphoreticular accumulation of prion protein in appendix tissue from patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, removed two years before onset of symptoms
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