Molecular biology of Hodgkin lymphoma

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Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is derived from mature B cells and subdivided into classical HL and nodular lymphocyte predominant HL (NLPHL). HL is unique among human B cell lymphomas because of the rarity of the lymphoma cells, the Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells in classical HL and the lymphocyte-predominant (LP) cells in NLPHL, which usually account for 0.1% to 10% of the cells in the affected tissues. Moreover,...

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