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Detection and typing of human papillomavirus in cervical carcinomas in Russian women: a prognostic study.
Cancer - 1 May 1999
van Muyden R C, ter Harmsel B W, Smedts F M, Hermans J, Kuijpers J C, Raikhlin N T, Petrov S, Lebedev A, Ramaekers F C, Trimbos J B, Kleter B, Quint W G
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BACKGROUND: The correlation between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and tumor prognosis in 159 Russian women with cervical carcinoma was investigated. The presence of various HPV types was correlated with the histologic parameters of the carcinomas and with their immunoreactivity with antibodies to p53, Ki-67-Ag, and bcl-2. METHODS: Formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue specimens representing 159 cases of...
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