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Mucosal oncogenic human papillomaviruses and extragenital Bowen disease
15 Jul 1999
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BACKGROUND: Genital Bowen disease is known to have a strong association with human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16. On the other hand, previous studies of extragenital Bowen disease (EBD) that have used different hybridization techniques have produced discordant results in the detection of mucosal oncogenic HPV. METHODS: Ninety-four samples of EBD from 78 patients were investigated clinicopathologically. DNA...
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