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Familial Hodgkin's lymphoma from the perspective of HLA.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2010
Sonmez Mehmet, Erkut Nergiz, Ucar Fahri, Buruk Kurtulus, Cobanoglu Umit, Bahce Muhterem, Ural Ali Ugur
Abstract excerpt
Although the incidence of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL)--a lymphoid tissue malignity--increases in the presence of several viruses, particularly EBV, as well as with autoimmune diseases and following transplantation, although to date, the exact etiopathogenesis is not known. The higher frequency of HL among family members suggests involvement of genetic factors in its etiology. Studies aiming to elucidate the...
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