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Molecular detection and genotyping of human papillomavirus in cervical carcinoma biopsies in an area of high incidence of cancer from Moroccan women.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2009
Khair M Meftah El, Mzibri M El, Mhand R Ait, Benider A, Benchekroun N, Fahime E M El, Benchekroun M N, Ennaji M M
Abstract excerpt
Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in developing countries, and the human papillomavirus (HPV) is linked etiologically to cervical cancer. Eighty nine cervical carcinoma biopsies collected from women visiting the Oncologic Center in Casablanca (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Rochd, Morocco) for cervical cancer symptoms, were screened for HPV DNA by polymerase chain reaction...
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