Lack of papillomavirus (HPV) in pterygia of a Brazilian sample

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-521

  Schellini, Silvana Artioli ^a   Hoyama, Erika ^a   Shiratori, Claudia Akemi ^a   Sakamoto, Regina Hitomi ^a   Candeias, João Manuel Grisi ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HPV DNA probes; Papillomavirus; Polymerase chain reaction; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PTERYGIUM; TISSUE SECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; WART VIRUS;

EID: 33749035019     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492006000400012     Document Type: Article

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