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Detection and quantitation of HPV 16 and 18 in plasma of Indian women with cervical cancer.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Mar 2010
Gnanamony Manu, Peedicayil Abraham, Subhashini John, Ram Thomas Samuel, Rajasekar Anuradha, Gravitt Patti, Abraham Priya
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OBJECTIVE: HPV infection is a necessary but insufficient cause of cervical cancer. The significance of HPV DNA in blood however is debatable because of variable detection rates due to the differences in the methodology used. The aim of this study was to detect and quantitate HPV 16 and 18 plasma viremia in women with cervical neoplasia. METHODS: HPV DNA was detected in cervical tissue using consensus PGMY primers...
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