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Prevalence of human papilloma virus infection in pregnant Turkish women compared with non-pregnant women.
European journal of gynaecological oncology - 1 Jan 2010
Aydin Y, Atis A, Tutuman T, Goker N
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION: We aimed to find a prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) in order to define the 100 genotypes and subset of 14 oncogenic genotypes in pregnant Turkish women and to compare these with non-pregnant women. METHODS: Cervical thin-prep specimens were obtained from 164 women in the first trimester pregnancy and 153 non pregnant women. RESULTS: 29.2% of pregnant versus 19.6% of non-pregnant...
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