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. 2022 Jun;197(5):539-543.
doi: 10.1111/bjh.18063. Epub 2022 May 11.

Lymphoma Nomenclature - What's in a name?

James O. Armitage  1 , Robert Peter Gale  2 , Elaine S Jaffe  3
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Lymphoma Nomenclature - What's in a name?

James O. Armitage et al. Br J Haematol. 2022 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Epstein-Barr virus; Hodgkin lymphoma; Thomas Hodgkin; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict-of-Interest

RPG is a consultant to BeiGene Ltd., Fusion Pharma LLC, LaJolla NanoMedical Inc., Mingsight Pharmaceuticals Inc. CStone Pharmaceuticals, NexImmune Inc. and Prolacta Bioscience; advisor to Antengene Biotech LLC, Medical Director, FFF Enterprises Inc.; partner, AZAC Inc.; Board of Directors, Russian Foundation for Cancer Research Support; and Scientific Advisory Board: StemRad Ltd.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Hodgkin lymphoma.
Figure 2,
Figure 2,
Hodgkin’s grave in Yaffo, Israel. Monument erected by the Israel Haematology Society.
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