Hodgkin's disease in Jordanian children: a study of 26 cases.
A retrospective review of Hodgkin's disease in 26 children of 14 years of age and below admitted to Jordan University Hospital during the period from 1976 through 1981 was conducted. This review showed a preponderance of males, particularly in the first decade of life, with prominence of the prognostically unfavourable histologic sub-types and advanced clinical stages.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007597:Jordan; D007813:Laparotomy; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012598:Sclerosis; D012737:Sex Factors