Article
Presence of histopathological premalignant lesions and infection caused by high-risk genotypes of human papillomavirus in patients with suspicious cytological and colposcopy results: A prospective study.
Vojnosanitetski pregled - 1 Jan 2017
Golubović Mileta, Lopičić Milena, Terzić Nataša, Đurović Marija, Mugoša Boban, Mijović Gordana
Abstract excerpt
Background/Aim: In patients with premalignant cervical lesions, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, at any moment, may be spontaneously eliminated, or may persist or transform cervical epithelium from a lower to a higher degree. Due to that, it is necessary to wisely select the patients who are at high risk of cancer development. The aim of the study was to establish the interdependence between a suspicious...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Atypical Squamous Cells of the Cervix
- Biopsy
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Colposcopy
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Human Papillomavirus DNA Tests
- Humans