Nature Medicine
1, 298 - 300 (1995)
doi:10.1038/nm0495-298
Genetics and environment in Hodgkin's diseaseHenry T. Lynch1
& Joseph N. Marcus2
1Department of Preventive Medicine Creighton University School of Medicine Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA
2Department of Pathology St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri 63017, USA 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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