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Blood, 15 October 2003, Vol. 102, No. 8, pp. 2868-2876. Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on June 26, 2003; DOI 10.1182/blood-2003-03-0692. This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: 2003-03-0692v1 102/8/2868    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Marafioti, T. Articles by Mason, D. Y. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Marafioti, T. Articles by Mason, D. Y. 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Mason From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; The Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics and Molecular Haematology Units, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Institute of Pathologic Anatomy, Civil Hospital, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy; Department of Histopathology, University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom; Pathologic Anatomy and Haematopathology Centre, Institute of Haematology and Clinical Oncology "L & A Seragnoli," S Orsola Polyclinic, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy; and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Tan Tock Seng, Singapore. We describe large B cells, many of which have a stellate or dendritic morphology, found in the interfollicular T-cell–rich areas of human peripheral lymphoid tissue. 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