A Medical Underwriting Perspective
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Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas are tumors of lymphoid origin with the exception of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and lymphoid leukemias. This includes a broad spectrum of malignant lymphomas with differing natural histories and prognoses. There have been several attempts to classify these diseases, but none satisfactory. As a result, there are several classifications in use. Therefore, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas (NHL) are, for most physicians, a difficult group of diseases to comprehend.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005