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Altmann-Schridde granules

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Characteristic, tiny fuchsinophilic granulations occurring in lymphocytes near the nucleus.

Bibliography

  • R. Altmann:
    Die Elementarorganismen und ihre Beziehungen zu den Zellen.
    Leipzig, Veit & Comp, 1890, pp. 28 and 145; 2nd edition, 1894.
    Mitochondria described on page 145.
  • H. Schridde, in: Anatomische Hefte, Berlin, 1905, 28: 1.
  • Pat Forbis and Susan L. Bartolucci:
    Stedman's Medical Eponyms.
    Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998.

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