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An epidemiologic study of index and family infectious mononucleosis and adult Hodgkin's disease (HD): Evidence for a specific association with EBV+ve HD in young adults

✍ Freda E. Alexander; Davia J. Lawrence; June Freeland; Andrew S. Krajewski; Brian 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 86 KB 👁 3 views

## Abstract Infectious mononucleosis (IM) is an established risk factor for Hodgkin's disease (HD). A substantial minority (33%) of cases of HD have Epstein‐Barr virus (EBV) DNA within the malignant cells (are EBV^+ve^). It is unclear whether risk after IM applies specifically to EBV^+ve^ HD. We re