Characteristics of "Early Type-I Pattern" (0-6 years) Hodgkin's Disease in Turkish Children.

نویسندگان

  • Ayhan O Çavdar
  • Sevgi Gözdaşoğlu
  • Gülsan Yavuz
  • Emel Ünal
  • Ali Pamir
  • Nurdan Taçyıldız
  • Emel Babacan
چکیده

The clinico-epidemiologic characteristics of 54 children with HD in 0-6 years of age group were retrospectively analyzed. This group represented 27% of 200 HD cases observed in our center and was named as early type-I pattern HD. The association of EBV with HD was also shown by serologic and immunohistochemical methods (LMP1) in these very young Turkish patients. T-cell immune deficiency, cytokine imbalance and Zn deficiency were additional findings found in these patients. This series seems to be the largest one studying early type-I HD, by several aspects.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Turkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology

دوره 19 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002