Papillomaviruses and cancer: From basic studies to clinical application

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 342-350

  Zur Hausen, Harald ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIDOFOVIR; ONCOPROTEIN; PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMATE; VIRUS DNA;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; ONCOGENE; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VACCINATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WART VIRUS; ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036559896     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc798     Document Type: Review

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