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. 1971 Jul 17;3(5767):157–159. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5767.157

Mechanisms for Eosinophilic and Neutrophilic Leucocytoses

R S Walls, A Basten, E Leuchars, A J S Davies
PMCID: PMC1800298  PMID: 5557865

Abstract

Thymus-deprived mice are unable to react with eosinophilia to an appropriate stimulus, but their ability to mount a neutrophil leucocytosis in response to pyogenic infection is unimpaired. It appears that thymus-processed lymphocytes are required for induction of eosinophil but not of neutrophil leucocytosis.

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