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Prevalence of human papillomavirus in Mazandaran Province, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit - 1 Nov 2002
Hamkar R, Azad T Mokhtari, Mahmoodi M, Seyedirashti S, Severini A, Nategh R
Abstract excerpt
We report the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) types in 100 cervical biopsy specimens in Mazandaran province. HPV DNA was detected in 78.6% of cervical carcinoma cases, 64.3% of dys/ metaplasia and 9% of normal cases. Significant correlation was found between the presence of HPV DNA and d...
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