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Human Papillomavirus Is Present in Some Cases of Childhood Penile Lichen Sclerosus: An In Situ Hybridization and SP‐PCR Study
4 Mar 1998
Abstract excerpt
Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a skin disease that may affect both sexes at all ages and at any site. Its etiology remains unknown. The observation of focal koilocytotic-like changes in the stratum malpighii in prepuce samples of LS in children prompted us to investigate the presence of HPV-DNA. Twenty-three paraffin-embedded samples of LS lesions from children aged 4 to 14 years were studied using nested-PCR and in...
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