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Post-mortem Findings in Ugandans with Hodgkin's Disease

British Journal of Cancer volume 26, pages 331–334 (1972)Cite this article

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The necropsy findings in 36 Ugandan patients with Hodgkin's disease are presented. One third of the patients were under the age of 20 years. Most cases showed a lymphocyte depleted tumour pattern. Infective complications were extremely unusual, probably because of the short survival time. Treated patients showed a slightly higher incidence of infective disease than those untreated. Death was a result of widespread tumour which usually showed involvement of many lymph nodes and the liver and spleen.

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  1. R Dhru
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Dhru, R., Templeton, A. Post-mortem Findings in Ugandans with Hodgkin's Disease. Br J Cancer 26, 331–334 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1972.44

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