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Lymphocytes, with a diameter of 7–10 μm, are the smallest mobile cells of the loose connective tissue. Histochemical evidence has long suggested that there are two types of lymphocyte. Unfortunately, studies employing transmission and scanning electron microscopy were unable to provide definitive confirmation of these suspicions. Immunological studies were the first to prove that there are in fact two functionally different types of lymphocyte —B and T lymphocytes.
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Krstić, R.V. (1985). Loose Connective Tissue. Wandering Cells: Lymphocytes. In: General Histology of the Mammal. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70420-8_70
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