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Human papillomavirus infection and P53 codon 72 genotypes in a Hispanic population at high-risk for cervical cancer.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 2005
Haws Andrea L Fuessel, Woeber Sabine, Gomez Miroslava, Garza Noe, Gomez Yvonne, Rady Peter, He Qin, Zhang Lifang, Grady James J, McCormick Joseph B, Fisher-Hoch Susan P, Tyring Stephen K
Abstract excerpt
Cervical cancer mortality is high in Texas, especially among Hispanic women living in south Texas and adjacent Mexico. Though human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has a causal role in the development of cervical cancer, there are no published data on the prevalence of HPV genotypes in this underscreened region. We studied 398 Hispanic women on both sides of the border along the lower Rio Grande River to determine...
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