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Recurrence of Hodgkin's disease after 10 or more years: late relapse or de-novo malignancy due to HLA-DPB1*0301-linked susceptibility?
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Jun 1997
Siebert R, Fosså A, Kaiser W, Welt A, Ferencik S, Seeber S, Nowrousian M R
Abstract excerpt
Recurrences of Hodgkin's disease (HD) ten or more years after initial therapy are rare and heterogeneous concerning pathological, biological and clinical features. Though usually regarded as relapses of initial disease at least part of these late recurrences may represent de-novo HD due to an increased constitutional risk. Following recent reports genetic risk for HD may be linked to the HLA-DPB1*0301 allele....
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