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Overview

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) was described in 1972 in Japan by Dr Masahiro Kikuchi in 1972[1] and independently by Y. Fujimoto.

References

  1. Kikuchi M. Lymphadenitis showing focal reticulum cell hyperplasia with nuclear debris and phagocytes. Acta Hematol Jpn 1972;35:379–80.

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