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Castleman's disease epidemiology and demographics
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Prevalence
Prevalence
- Estimated prevalence per 100,000 is 1 case.
Age
Age
- Average age of the patients with unicentric disease is 30 – 40 yrs
- For multicentric disease it is 50 – 60 yrs
Gender
Gender
- No gender differentiation is seen in the occurrence of the disease.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]