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Plasma micronutrients and the acquisition and clearance of anal human papillomavirus infection: the Hawaii HPV cohort study.
Cancer research - 1 Dec 2010
Shvetsov Yurii B, Hernandez Brenda Y, Wilkens Lynne R, Thompson Pamela J, Franke Adrian A, Zhu Xuemei, Goodman Marc T
Abstract excerpt
Anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is common among women and the cause of most anal malignancies. The incidence of anal cancer has been increasing among U.S. women, yet few cofactors for the natural history of anal HPV infection have been identified. We examined the hypothesis that plasma carotenoid, retinol, and tocopherol concentrations are associated with the acquisition and clearance of anal HPV...
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