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A spectral phenotype of oncogenic human papillomavirus-infected exfoliative cervical cytology distinguishes women based on age.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 5 Aug 2010
Kelly Jemma G, Cheung Karen T, Martin Cara, O'Leary John J, Prendiville Walter, Martin-Hirsch Pierre L, Martin Francis L
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BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually-transmitted infection associated with cervical cancer. Of over 100 HPV types identified, 13 are high-risk oncogenic. In unvaccinated women worldwide, the incidence of cervical cancer from HPV16 and HPV18 will remain. Cervical cytology can be graded from normal (atypia-free) to low-grade to high-grade. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a non-destructive technique...
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