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Is Hodgkin's Disease a Syndrome of Hypothymism?

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THERE has been much discussion recently, based on both X-ray and autopsy evidence, about the role of the thymus in the development of Hodgkin's disease1,2. Quite recently, Hoffbrand3 failed to show auto-immune phenomena or thymus involvement in Hodgkin's disease.

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SVET-MOLDAVSKY, G. Is Hodgkin's Disease a Syndrome of Hypothymism?. Nature 209, 932–933 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209932a0

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