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Detection of HPV 16 and HPV 18 DNA in the blood of patients with cervical cancer
1 Jan 2005
Abstract excerpt
Persistent infection of the uterine cervix with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) is causally associated with cancer of the cervix. A few studies have reported the presence of HPV DNA in the blood of women with cervical neoplasia. The aim of this study was to determine if HPV DNA could be detected in whole blood of women with a range of cervical pathologies and with HPV 16 or 18 cervical infections and if...
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