Viral load of human papilloma virus 16 as a determinant for development of cervical carcinoma in situ: a nested case-control study

Infection with certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV), which is common among young women, increases the risk of cervical cancer. However, less than 1% of young women positive for oncogenic types of HPV develop cervical cancer. We investigated whether the amount of HPV DNA is a useful predictor...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2000-06, Vol.355 (9222), p.2189-2193
Hauptverfasser: Josefsson, Agnetha M, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Ylitalo, Nathalie, Sørensen, Per, Qwarforth-Tubbin, Pernilla, Andersen, Per Kragh, Melbye, Mads, Adami, Hans-Olov, Gyllensten, Ulf B
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