Prevalence of HPV in cytomorphologically normal cervical smears, as determined by the polymerase chain reaction, is age‐dependent

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 919-923

  Melkert, Peter W J ^a   van den Brule, Adriaan J C ^a   Risse, Elle K J ^a   van Diest, Paul J ^a   Meijer, Chris J L M ^a   Walboomers, Jan M M ^a   Helmerhorst, Theo ^a   Hopman, Ellen ^a   Bleker, Otto P ^b   Schipper, Marguérite E I ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CERVIX DISEASES; CERVIX UTERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0027514108     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910530609     Document Type: Article

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