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Prevalence of HPV genotypes in cervical adenocarcinoma: a study in Greek women.
Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Chrysagi Argyro, Kaparos George, Vrekoussis Thomas, Yiannou Petros, Messini Irini, Patsouris Efstratios, Pavlakis Kitty
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PURPOSE: To study the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes among cervical adenocarcinomas in Greek women. METHODS: The study group comprised 78 adenocarcinoma cases (20 in situ and 58 invasive). HPV DNA was amplified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and HPV genotypes were identified by reverse hybridization. RESULTS: There was a high prevalence of HPV infection both for in situ (95%) or...
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