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Relevance of the Pap Test: A Report of HPV-DNA Test-Negative High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions of the Female Lower Genital Tract.
Acta cytologica - 1 Jan 2016
Hui Yiang, Hansen Katrine, Murthy Jayasimha, Chau Danielle, Sung C James, Quddus M Ruhul
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A vast majority of cervicovaginal intraepithelial lesions are caused by high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs). The Pap test has been the sole method used for the screening of cervicovaginal squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL). Recently, the FDA approved an HPV-DNA assay as a method of primary screening. We report on a series of FDA-approved HPV-DNA test-negative SIL with HPV genotyping, using an...
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