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The Sternberg-Reed cell

A Cell-fusion Product?

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Hodgkin’s Disease in Children

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 41))

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Abstract

Hodgkin’s disease (HD), with its peculiar Sternberg-Reed (SR) cell, is in particular very contradictory. The controversies are most prominent regarding the SR cell origin. Among the cells composing the structure of a normal lymph node, there is almost no cell that has not been suspected as being the normal counterpart of the SR cell. In this chapter, the most relevant opinions are summarized in an attempt to resolve some conflicting evidence regarding the SR cell origin, and thus also explain some other pecularities of the disease.

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    W. A. Kamps  & G. B. Humphrey  & 

  2. Cross Cancer Institute, Canada

    S. Poppema

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Bucsky, P.P. (1989). The Sternberg-Reed cell. In: Kamps, W.A., Humphrey, G.B., Poppema, S. (eds) Hodgkin’s Disease in Children. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 41. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1739-5_4

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