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Activation of Epstein-Barr virus replication in Hodgkin and Reed- Sternberg cells
1 Sept 1991
Abstract excerpt
Recent evidence has shown that Hodgkin's disease (HD) is associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in a substantial number of cases and that in these cases EBV DNA is localized exclusively to Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (RS) cells. The virus genome is not silent in RS cells because two EBV latent gene products, latent membrane protein (LMP) and EB early region (EBER) transcripts, have recently been reported to be...
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