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HPV genotyping and site of viral integration in cervical cancers in Indian women.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Das Poulami, Thomas Asha, Mahantshetty Umesh, Shrivastava Shyam K, Deodhar Kedar, Mulherkar Rita
Abstract excerpt
Persistent HPV infection plays a major role in cervical cancer. This study was undertaken to identify HPV types in a cohort of Indian women with locally advanced cervical cancer as well as to determine the physical state and/or site of viral integration in the host genome. Pretreatment biopsies (n = 270) from patients were screened for HPV infection by a high throughput HPV genotyping assay based on luminex xMAP...
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