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Human papillomavirus and p53 polymorphism in Lithuanian cervical cancer patients.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Sept 2006
Gudleviciene Zivile, Didziapetriene Janina, Ramael Marc, Uleckiene Saule, Valuckas Konstantinas Povilas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer for women in Lithuania. One of the important cervical cancer risk factors is human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Recent literature has considered p53 allelic polymorphism to be a putative predisposing factor for cervical carcinoma development. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to elucidate the prevalence of HPV, especially HPV 16, in cervical...
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