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[The study of HPV prevalence in normal oral mucosa and oral squamous cell carcinoma].
Shanghai kou qiang yi xue = Shanghai journal of stomatology - 1 Oct 2007
Jiang Qian, Zhang Zhi-yuan
Abstract excerpt
Mucosal infection with high-risk human papiloma virus(HPV) types 16 and 18 is the cause of cervical cancer and might be a subset of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), yet the prevalence and type distribution of HPV in oral SCC remained unclear. We systematically reviewed published studies of OSCC biopsies, which were employed to detect and genotype HPV through different methods. The aim of this investigation is...
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