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Human papillomavirus load and physical status in sinonasal inverted papilloma and squamous cell carcinoma.
Rhinology - 1 Mar 2012
Hasegawa Masahiro, Deng Zeyi, Maeda Hiroyuki, Yamashita Yukashi, Matayoshi Sen, Kiyuna Asanori, Agena Shinya, Uehara Takayuki, Suzuki Mikio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: This study investigated prospectively the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in paranasal inverted papilloma (IP). METHODS: HPV presence and viral load and physical status of HPV-16 were examined by polymerase chain reaction-based methods using fresh frozen samples obtained from 13 patients with IP (IP group), 11 with squamous cell carcinoma in the maxillary sinus (SCC group) and 39 with chronic...
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