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Epidemiologic and viral factors associated with cervical neoplasia in HPV-16-positive women.
International journal of cancer - 20 May 2005
Rajeevan Mangalathu S, Swan David C, Nisenbaum Rosane, Lee Daisy R, Vernon Suzanne D, Ruffin Mack T, Horowitz Ira R, Flowers Lisa C, Kmak David, Tadros Talaat, Birdsong George, Husain Mujtaba, Srivastava Sudhir, Unger Elizabeth R
Abstract excerpt
While infection with high-risk HPV is the most important risk factor for cervical cancer, HPV alone is insufficient. Our purpose was to identify viral and epidemiologic factors associated with cervical disease in HPV-16 DNA-positive women referred to colposcopy. We used a standardized interview to collect epidemiologic data from consenting women. Total nucleic acids from exfoliated cervical cells were used for...
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