Article
New characterization of infectious mononucleosis and a phenotypic comparison with Hodgkin's disease.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Feb 1995
Reynolds D J, Banks P M, Gulley M L
Abstract excerpt
Recent nucleic acid hybridization studies have implied that Reed-Sternberg/Hodgkin (RS/H) cells are infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) before malignant transformation, and hence, that Hodgkin's disease could develop as a consequence of malignant transformation of an EBV-infected cell. This st...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Viral
- Apoptosis
- Female
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Hodgkin Disease
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization
- Infant
- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Male
- Phenotype
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
