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==Clinical== | ==Clinical== | ||
Symptoms:<ref name=Ref_WMSP567>{{Ref WMSP|567}}</ref> | Symptoms:<ref name=Ref_WMSP567>{{Ref WMSP|567}}</ref> | ||
*"B symptoms":<ref>URL: [http://lymphoma.about.com/od/symptoms/f/bsymptoms.htm http://lymphoma.about.com/od/symptoms/f/bsymptoms.htm]. Accessed on: 11 August 2010.</ref> | *"[[B symptoms]]" - all required:<ref>URL: [http://lymphoma.about.com/od/symptoms/f/bsymptoms.htm http://lymphoma.about.com/od/symptoms/f/bsymptoms.htm]. Accessed on: 11 August 2010.</ref> weight loss, night sweats and fever. | ||
*Infections | *Infections due to immune dysfunction. | ||
Diagnosis: | Diagnosis: | ||
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Prognosis: | Prognosis: | ||
* | *Usually good. | ||
*Unlike non-Hodgkin lymphomas, it spreads in a predictable pattern; thus, staging plays an important role in determining the therapy.<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|315}}</ref> | *Unlike non-Hodgkin lymphomas, it spreads in a predictable pattern; thus, staging plays an important role in determining the therapy.<ref name=PCPBoD8_315>{{Ref PCPBoD8|315}}</ref> | ||
==Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes== | ==Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes== | ||