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The evaluation of human papillomavirus and p53 gene mutation in benign and malignant conjunctiva and eyelid lesions.
Folia histochemica et cytobiologica - 1 Dec 2010
Joanna Reszec, Renata Zalewska, Witold Pepiński, Małgorzata Skawronska, Bernaczyk Piotr, Chyczewski Lech
Abstract excerpt
Papillomas and squamous cell carcinomas are the most common conjunctival and eyelid lesions. The etiology is still unclear and recently human papillomavirus infection and p53 gene mutation have been taken into consideration. The aim of our study was the evaluation of HPV DNApresence and p53 gene mutation in 45 benign and 38 malignant squamous lesions of the conjunctiva and eyelid. For HPV detection PCR-RFLP and...
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