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Usefulness of human papilloma virus testing in the screening of cervical cancer precursor lesions: a retrospective study in 314 cases.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology - 1 Nov 2000
Infantolino C, Fabris P, Infantolino D, Biasin M R, Venza E, Tositti G, Minucci D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the usefulness of human papilloma virus (HPV) typing for predicting pre-malignant and malignant cervical lesions. STUDY DESIGN: 314 women, who underwent colposcopy, biopsies and high and low-risk HPV typing after a confirmed abnormal routine Pap test were studied. HPV-DNAs were typed by using PCR technique. RESULTS: We found a significant increasing rate of high-risk-HPV by the increasing...
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