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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2]

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Burkitt's lymphoma was first described by Denis Parsons Burkitt, a surgeon, in 1958 while working in equatorial Africa.

Burkitt's lymphoma was first described by Denis Parsons Burkitt, a surgeon, in 1958 while working in equatorial Africa.^[1]

↑ Burkitt D (1958). "A sarcoma involving the jaws in African children". The British journal of surgery. 46 (197): 218–23. doi:10.1002/bjs.18004619704. PMID 13628987.