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BURKITTS-LYMPHOMA

subject field: medicine: disease
origination date: 11/08/2000
originator: Maribel
check date: 14/08/2001
checker: Pamela
URL: http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/B/Burkitt'sLymphoma.html

originator: Arianne
origination date: 29/01/2001
URL: http://www.diariomedico.com/oncologia/n120700tris.html

originator: Arianne
origination date: 29/01/2001
URL: http://www.conganat.org/linfo.tortosa/conf/cap5/celulasb.htm

originator: Arianne
origination date: 29/01/2001

Conceptual Structures
ISANON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
LYMPHOMA
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-LYMPHATIC-AND-HEMATOPOIETIC-TISSUE
NON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA
PHYSICAL-EVENT

English
Burkitt's lymphomaterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
animacy: inanimate
definition: fast growing form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma endemic of certain subtropical and ecuatorial parts of Africa. It is very common in children and is one of the forms of aggressive lymphomas in patients with AIDS. Common sites of occurrence are neck and digestive system. It is often related to Epstein-barr virus and chromosomal abnormalities. (en)
reliability code: 9

Spanish
linfoma de Burkittterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: masculine
number: singular
reliability code: 9
definition: subtipo especial de linfoma no Hodgkin. Es endémico en algunas áreas de África ecuatorial y zonas tropicales. Afecta principalmente a niños y adultos jóvenes. El principal tratamiento es quimioterapia y, en los casos de masas tumorales importantes, se suele usar radioterapia. (es)