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Detection of mucosal and cutaneous human papillomaviruses in oesophagitis, squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 May 2009
Tornesello Maria Lina, Monaco Roberto, Nappi Oscar, Buonaguro Luigi, Buonaguro Franco Maria
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic evidence points to a connection between viral infections by the human papillomavirus (HPV) and a subgroup of squamous cell carcinomas of the oropharynx. Still controversial is the association of HPV infection with oesophageal neoplasia. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the presence of mucosal as well as cutaneous HPVs in squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus. STUDY...
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