Article
Detection of epidermodysplasia verruciformis-associated human papillomavirus DNA in nongenital seborrhoeic keratosis.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Nov 2004
Li Y-H, Chen G, Dong X-P, Chen H-D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: DNA of epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV)-associated human papillomaviruses (HPVs) has been widely detected in lesions of malignant skin tumours, benign tumours and other proliferative diseases of epithelial origin. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the presence of EV-associated HPV DNA in nongenital seborrhoeic keratosis (SK) and to elucidate the prevalence of distinct HPV genotypes. METHODS: We...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- DNA, Viral
- Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Keratosis, Seborrheic
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
