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Human Papillomavirus Infection in the Malignant and Premalignant Head and Neck Epithelium
1 Jun 1995
Abstract excerpt
A prospective study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and histological correlates of human papillomavirus infection in the head and neck epithelium. Oral, pharyngeal, and laryngeal paraffin-embedded samples were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction with use of human papillomavirus E6 consensus sequence primers. Human papillomavirus infection was detected in 20 of 126 (15.9%) patients. Twenty-five of 230...
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