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Photograph illustrating atrophy of thymus in anti-CD4-treated mice. Representative thoracic blocks of both groups showing the heart (H), lungs and thymus (T). Note the atrophied thymus of the anti-CD4-treated mouse (right), compared with that of a control mouse (left).