Article
HPV5b variant in a neoplastic lesion of an Italian patient affected by epidermodysplasia verruciformis.
European journal of dermatology : EJD - 1 Jan 2000
Muscardin L M, Poggiali F, Balus L, Venuti A
Abstract excerpt
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) can be defined as a genetic disorder that determines a lifelong infection of the skin by human Papillomaviruses (HPV). The benign lesions contain different HPVs; whereas in the tumors HPV types 5, 8, and, much less frequently, types 14, 17, 20 and 47 can be detected. Variants of HPV5 have been recognized on the basis of the genetic heterogeneity of the E6 open reading frame....
Topics
- Biopsy
- Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
- Papillomaviridae
