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A risk factor
is anything that might change a person's chance of getting a disease.
But risk factors don't tell us everything. Having a risk factor, or
even several, does not mean that you will get the disease. Having no
risk factors doesn't mean you won't get the disease.
Most patients with Castleman disease (CD) have no known risk
factors. In fact, infection with HIV is the only clear-cut risk factor
for CD. CD disease is much more common in people with this infection,
particularly in those who have developed the acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS).
Last Medical Review: 08/03/2009
Last Revised: 08/03/2009
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