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Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus type 16 and 18 in oral and cervical cancers in population from Gujarat, West India.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Apr 2014
Patel Kinjal R, Vajaria Bhairavi N, Begum Rasheedunnisa, Desai Ava, Patel Jayendra B, Shah Franky D, Shukla Shilin N, Patel Prabhudas S
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BACKGROUND: Oral and cervical cancers are major malignancies in men and women, respectively, in India. This study evaluated occurrence of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 and 18 infections in oral and cervical cancers to estimate HPV-associated burden of these cancers in the population from Gujarat, West India. METHODS: A total of 97 malignant oral carcinoma tissues and 52 cervical carcinoma tissues were analyzed by...
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