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Damage to thymus in a child may lead to...

Damage to thymus in a child may lead to

A

loss of cell-mediated immunity

B

a reduction in the haemoglobin content in blood

C

a reduction in the amount of plasma proteins

D

loss of antibody-mediated immunity

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Thymus is the 'seedbed' of thymic lymphocytes (T-lymphocytes). Some stem cells in the bone marrow give rise to immature lymphocytes. These lymphocytes migrate via the blood of the thymus, where they mature as T-lymphocytes and produce cell-mediated immunity. Thus damage to thymus in a child may lead to loss of cell mediated immunity.
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