J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:1368
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Dr David H. Harpole
(Durham, NC). As usual, very nicely done and nicely presented. I would postulate that the difference in the lymph nodes actually might be due to the histology of the lymph nodes, and it might be worth examining further because smokers have a lot of histiocytes that are just packed with material from the smoke. We have previously investigated this for a correlation with the glut receptors. Therefore it is likely that these nodes are a little . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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