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Burkitt

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Bur·kitt (bûrkt), Denis Parsons 1911-1993.
British surgeon who first described the cancer now known as Burkitt's lymphoma. He is also noted for his work in Africa in geographical pathology.


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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was the first recognized human tumor virus, but it is not the causative agent for the tumor in which it was discovered, Burkitt lymphoma.
For Burkitt our problem is that we are so accustomed to the conventional Savior with his gentle unindividualized face.
Baltimore, MD, Williams & Wilkins, 1978, pp 1-60 [77]Wheater PR, Burkitt HG, Daniels VG: Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas, ed 2.
 
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