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Human papillomavirus infections: warts or cancer?
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology - 1 Jul 2013
Chow Louise T, Broker Thomas R
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are prevalent pathogens of mucosal and cutaneous epithelia. Productive infections of squamous epithelia lead to benign hyperproliferative warts, condylomata, or papillomas. Persistent infections of the anogenital mucosa by high-risk HPV genotypes 16 and 18 and closely related types can infrequently progress to high-grade intraepithelial neoplasias, carcinomas-in-situ, and invasive...
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