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Susceptibility locus for epidermodysplasia verruciformis not linked to cervical cancer in situ.
Hereditas - 1 Jan 2001
Beskow A H, Rönnholm J, Magnusson P K, Gyllensten U B
Abstract excerpt
Cervical cancer is strongly associated with infection by oncogenic forms of human papillomavirus (HPV), mainly HPV 16 and HPV 18. The aim of this study was to test if a locus previously mapped to a region on chromosome 17 qter in patients with epidermodysplasia verucciformis (EV) and psoriasis and considered to be responsible for an increased susceptibility to HPV 5, also is linked to increased HPV susceptibility...
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