Contribution of the Epstein–Barr virus to the molecular pathogenesis of Hodgkin lymphoma

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Although the morphology of the pathognomonic Reed-Sternberg cells of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) was described over a century ago, it was not until recently that their origin from B lymphocytes was recognised. The demonstration that a proportion of cases of HL harbour the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and that its genome is monoclonal in these tumours suggests that the virus contributes to the development of HL in some...

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