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Using polymerase chain reaction to human papillomavirus in oral and pharyngolaryngeal carcinomas.
American journal of otolaryngology - 1 Jan 2000
Alvarez Alvarez I, Sanchez Lazo P, Ramos Gonzalez S, Rodrigo Tapia J P, Nuñez Batalla F, Suarez Nieto C
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PURPOSE: Increasingly, evidence has shown that human papillomavirus (HPV) plays a role in the induction of certain carcinomas. The presence of HPV sequences in 56 previously untreated oral and pharyngolaryngeal carcinomas was examined by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). MATERIALS AND METHODS: After DNA extraction, samples underwent 40 replication cycles with specific oligonucleotide primers corresponding to...
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