[Hodgkin's disease in Chiriquí. Epidemiologic aspects]

The authors study the relation seen between the histopathology and the race of patients with Hodgkin's disease diagnosed in Chiriqui, province of Panama and the findings in patients seen in fully developed and underdeveloped countries and of many colored race. They also noted that the greatest incidence of the disease was seen in patients between 10 and 30 years of age and those more than 60 years of age.