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In the first year of its existence the Malignant Lymphoma Reference Centre in Hungary diagnosed 383 new cases, which may represent about half the cases occurring in this country. The distribution of the cases was as follows: Hodgkin's disease 69 (18%); non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma 290 (75.7%), unclassifiable 12 (3.2%), hairy cell leukaemia 4 (1%), Lennert's lymphoma 8 cases (2.1%). Some features of the distribution of malignant lymphomas are discussed.
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In 1978 the Malignant Lymphoma Reference Centre received cases from the following Departments of Pathology of universities and county, district and city hospitals: The Hospitals of Ajka, Baja, Békéscsaba, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Hospital of Budapest, Central Hospital of the Hungarian People's Army, János Hospital, Postgraduate Medical School, Péterfy Street Hospital, Budapest, 1st and 2nd Departments of Pathology, Semmelweis Medical University of Budapest, Weil Hospital, Budapest, Medical University of Debrecen, Hospitals of Debrecen, Dombóvár, Dunaujváros, Eger, Esztergom, Györ, Gyula, Hatvan, Hódmezövasárhely, Kaposvár, Karcag, Kazincbarcika, Kecske-mét, Keszthely, Kiskunhalas, Marcali, City and County Hospitals of Miskolc, Hospitals of Mosonmagyaróvár, Nagyatád, Nagykanizsa, Orosháza, Ózd, Pápa, Salgótarján, Siófok, Medical University of Szeged, Hospitals of Székesfehérvár, Szekszárd, Szentes, Szombathely, Tatabánya, Veszprém and Zalaegerszeg
This work was in part supported by the Scientific Research Council, Ministry of Health, No. 3-07-0304-06-1/K
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Kelényi, G., Várbiró, M. Malignant Lymphoma Reference Centre — Hungary, 1978. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 388, 213–219 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00430689
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