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S P Staal1, R Ambinder, W E Beschorner, G S Hayward, R Mann.
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A total of 151 unselected malignant and nonmalignant lymphoid tissue samples were surveyed by Southern blotting for the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA. Eight of 28 Hodgkin's disease (HD) samples (29%) had detectable EBV DNA. Both nodular sclerosis and mixed cellularity histologic results were positive. The tumor type with the next highest frequency, 8%, was diffuse large cell lymphoma. The presence of EBV DNA in some HD biopsies suggests that EBV may be a factor in the pathogenesis of this disease. Alternatively, its presence may be secondary to the immune deficiency characteristic of HD. The clonal B-lymphocyte expansions reported in some cases of HD may result from EBV infection.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2535912 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/91.1.1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0002-9173 Impact factor: 2.493