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Specimens from reactive lymph nodes produced polyclonal bands in 14 cases, no product in two cases, and one specimen gave two monoclonal bands. Polyclonal bands were obtained for three Hodgkin's lymphoma samples and five metastatic carcinomas. Four metastatic carcinoma samples gave no amplification. CONCLUSIONS: Detection of monoclonality in a cell population is strongly suggestive of malignant disease. 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