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Prevalence and viral load of oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) in pterygia in multi-ethnic patients in the Malay Peninsula.
Acta ophthalmologica - 1 Nov 2014
Chong Pei Pei, Tung Chee Hong, Rahman Nurul Asyikin Bt Abdul, Yajima Misako, Chin Fee Wai, Yeng Crystale Lim Siew, Go Eng Soon, Chan Cordelia M L, Yawata Nobuyo, Yamamoto Naoki
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PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in primary and recurrent pterygia samples collected from different ethnic groups in the equatorial Malay Peninsula. METHODS: DNA was extracted from 45 specimens of freshly obtained primary and recurrent pterygia from patients and from 11 normal conjunctival swabs from volunteers with no ocular surface lesion as control....
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