in contradistinction to a primary degeneration of the follicles , due to the action of substances circulating in the body fluids , which might have been expected to take place , but which in reality does not occur , and which would be followed only secondarily by a connective tissue proliferation and lymphocytic invasion , we may speak of the destruction by means of lymphocytes and connective tissue , which actually does take place , as a secondary destruction of the follicles .
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