Detection of oncogenic human papillomavirus in sporadic retinoblastoma

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PURPOSE: To investigate the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in tumour tissue from patients with unilateral retinoblastoma. METHODS: Samples of paraffin-embedded tumour tissue from 43 children with unilateral retinoblastoma were collected to investigate the presence of HPV DNA using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and dot blot hybridization. RESULTS: Oncogenic HPV DNA types 16 and 35 were detected in 12...

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