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A rare opportunity to observe aspects of the natural history
Author(s) -
Haines Ian E.,
Schwarz Max A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb112352.x
Subject(s) - natural history , disease , virtue , medicine , pregnancy , pediatrics , natural (archaeology) , surgery , intensive care medicine , philosophy , history , epistemology , biology , genetics , archaeology
We report here a case of Hodgkin's disease that progressed untreated for almost four years by virtue of a delayed diagnosis before constitutional symptoms developed. Data that relate to series of untreated patients with Hodgkin's disease are reviewed and the possible role of pregnancy in accelerating the disease is discussed.