THE ORIGIN OF THE LEPRA CELL

Oliver , Jean

doi:10.1084/jem.43.2.233

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THE ORIGIN OF THE LEPRA CELL

Jean Oliver

From the Department of Pathology of Stanford University Medical School, San Francisco.

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Jean Oliver

From the Department of Pathology of Stanford University Medical School, San Francisco.

Received: October 18 1925

Online ISSN: 1540-9538

Print ISSN: 0022-1007

Copyright, 1926, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1926

J Exp Med (1926) 43 (2): 233–239.

https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.43.2.233

1. By means of the method of vital staining it is found that the lepra cell in rat leprosy is derived from the histiocyte.

2. From the similarity in morphology and function of the lepra cells in this condition and those of human leprosy, it seems likely that derivation of the cells in the two conditions is similar.

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Copyright, 1926, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1926

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