Prevalence of acetowhite areas in male partners of women affected by HPV and squamous intra-epithelial lesions (SIL) and their prognostic significance. A multicenter study

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4 B, 2006, Pages 3171-3174

  Frega, Antonio ^a   French, Deborah ^b   Pace, Sebastiano ^a   Maranghi, Luca ^a   Palazzo, Antonella ^a   Iacovelli, Roberto ^a   Biamonti, Alberto ^c   Moscarini, Massimo ^a   Vecchione, Aldo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Cristo Re Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetowhite areas; HPV; Male partners; SIL

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEXUALITY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ACETIC ACID; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PENILE DISEASES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33746667189     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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