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Alterations in mtDNA: a qualitative and quantitative study associated with cervical cancer development.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Apr 2013
Warowicka A, Kwasniewska A, Gozdzicka-Jozefiak A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: High-risk human papillomaviruses are the causative agent of cervical carcinogenesis. Additionally, a number of other unknown factors are also instrumental in the development of cancer. The aim of this present study was the analysis of the mutations in the D-loop region of mitochondrial DNA, and 4.997 bp deletion during cervical cancer development. Our research also extended to the relationship between...
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