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[Human Papilloma virus in Quechua women from Jujuy with high frequency of cervical cancer: viral types and HPV-16 variants].
Medicina - 1 Jan 2002
Picconi Maria Alejandra, Gronda Jorge, Alonio Lidia V, Villa Luisa L, Sichero Laura, Miranda Sergio, Barcena Martin, Teyssie Angelica
Abstract excerpt
Human Papillomaviruses (HPVs) are etiologically associated to cervical carcinoma. In order to evaluate HPV infection and its relationship with the high frequency of this neoplasia in Quechua women from Jujuy (Argentina), 271 cervical samples from preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions (biopsies) and normal controls (cytologies) were studied. Detection and typing were performed using PCR-RFLP or PCR-hybridization...
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