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Characteristics of nasal T/NK-cell lymphoma among Brazilians.
Neoplasma - 1 Jan 2002
Altemani A, Barbosa A C, Kulka M, Takahashi T, Endo L, Vassallo J, Lorand-Metze I
Abstract excerpt
Nasal T/NK-cell lymphomas are highly associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). They are more frequent in Asia than in Western countries. In Central and South America there are few studies about nasal T/NK-cell lymphoma and they have shown a strong predominance of this phenotype in Native American descents, supporting the hypothesis of a racial predisposition for the disease. We studied the lymphomas involving...
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