What causes Hodgkin's disease in children?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 523-528

  Stiller, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Epidemiology; Epstein Barr virus; Genetic susceptibility; Hodgkin's disease; Incidence; Virology

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HLA TYPING; HODGKIN DISEASE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0032033466     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)10096-X     Document Type: Article

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