Prevalence of human papillomavirus in elderly women with cervical cancer

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 248-251

  Baay, Marc F D ^a   Tjalma, W A A ^a   Weyler, J ^a   Pattyn, G G O ^a   Lambrechts, H A J ^a   Goovaerts, G ^b   Baekelandt, M ^a   Buytaert, P ^a   Van Marck, E A E ^a   Lardon, F ^a   Vermorken, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Elderly women; Human papillomavirus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS;

AGED; AGING; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 17944366263     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052984     Document Type: Article

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