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Genetics and environment in Hodgkin's disease

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Despite the prevalence of Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the specific causes are poorly understood. A recent study makes the strongest case to date for a genetic link.

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  1. Department of Preventive Medicine Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, 68178, USA

    Henry T. Lynch

  2. Department of Pathology St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, 63017, USA

    Joseph N. Marcus

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