Table 1

Complementarity determining region 3 (CDR3) polymerase chain reaction results on sections of small, paraffin wax embedded tonsillar tissue

	Tonsil sample size (mm²)
	1 mm²				2 mm²				4 mm²
	Dilution				Dilution				Dilution
	10⁰	10¹	10²	10³	10⁰	10¹	10²	10³	10⁰	10¹	10²	10³
IP, incomplete polyclonal pattern; P, polyclonal pattern.
1 section	P	IP	IP	IP	P	P	IP	IP	P	P	IP	IP
2 sections	P	IP	IP	IP	P	P	IP	IP	P	P	IP	IP
3 sections	P	IP	IP	IP	P	P	IP	IP	P	P	IP	IP
4 sections	P	P	IP	IP	P	P	IP	IP	P	P	P	IP
5 sections	P	P	IP	IP	P	P	IP	IP	P	P	P	IP