Article
Initial prevalence of anal human papilloma virus infection in liver transplant recipients.
Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation - 1 Aug 2014
Grąt Michał, Grąt Karolina, Hołówko Wacław, Malejczyk Magdalena, Walter de Walthoffen Szymon, Lewandowski Zbigniew, Kobryń Konrad, Patkowski Waldemar, Majewski Sławomir, Młynarczyk Grażyna, Krawczyk Marek
Abstract excerpt
Although liver transplant recipients are at increased risk of human papilloma virus (HPV)-related anal cancer, limited data are available regarding the initial prevalence of anal HPV infection in this population. Anal swabs collected from 50 liver transplant recipients within the first three postoperative weeks were subjected to real-time polymerase chain reaction for detection of the four HPV genotypes: 6, 11,...
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