| epstein-barr virus distribution in hodgkin's disease in an unselected swedish population. | all patients with hodgkin's disease (hd) (n = 117) identified in the uppsala/orebro region of sweden between 1985 and 1988 were examined for the presence of epstein-barr virus (ebv) in the hodgkin and reed-sternberg (hrs) cells. ebv was detected with lmp-1 immunostaining and in situ hybridization for ebers. overall, 32 (27%) tumours were ebv-positive but there were significant differences in ebv-positivity between histopathological subgroups (p = 0.03). in mc, 8/21 (38%) were positive, in ns 20/ ... | 1999 | 10418708 |