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Prevalence of mucosotropic human papillomaviruses in squamous-cell carcinomas of the head and neck
16 May 1996
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of mucosotropic human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in 63 squamous-cell carcinomas (SCC) from different anatomic sites in the head and neck was determined by general primer-mediated polymerase chain reaction (GP-PCR). HPV DNA was detected in 20.6% of SCC. Additional type-specific PCR for HPV 6, 11, 16, 18, 31 and 33 demonstrated the presence of HPV 16 alone in these carcinomas. HPV 16 was also detected...
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