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Diversity of human papillomavirus types in periungual squamous cell carcinoma.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Dec 2009
Kreuter A, Gambichler T, Pfister H, Wieland U
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is accumulating evidence that infections with certain high-risk alpha-human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are involved in the pathogenesis of digital squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) and their precursor lesions (SCCs in situ). OBJECTIVES: This study was initiated to search for alpha- and beta-HPV infections in a collective of SCC and SCC in situ located on the hands. METHODS: HPV typing for 36...
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