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Ataxia‐telangiectasia and and Hodgkin's disease
Author(s) -
Harris Vivian J.,
Seeler Ruth Andrea
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197312)32:6<1415::aid-cncr2820320619>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - medicine , ataxia telangiectasia , telangiectasia , disease , pediatrics , ataxia , dermatology , pathology , psychiatry , dna , genetics , dna damage , biology
This paper reports the occurrence of a mixed cellularity type Hodgkin's disease in a 3 11/12‐year‐old Caucasian boy with ataxia telangiectasia. The patient is unusually young for the development of Hodgkin's disease. Unfortunately the patient died shortly after the institution of therapy.