Screening for human papillomavirus (HPV) in Egyptian women by the second-generation hybrid capture (HC II) test

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Abdel Aziz, Mohamed Talaat ^a   Abdel Aziz, Mohamed Zayed ^a   Atta, Hazem Mahmoud ^a   Shaker, Olaf Gamil ^a   Abdel Fattah, Manal Mohsen ^a   Mohsen, Gamal Ahmed ^a   Ahmed, Hanan Hosni ^a   El Derwi, Douaa Ahmed ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cervical neoplasia; HPV; Hybrid capture; SIL; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE;

EID: 33745837751     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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