Human papillomavirus and pterygium. Is the virus a risk factor?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1016-1018

  Sjö, Nicolai Christian ^a   Von Buchwald, Christian ^b   Prause, Jan Ulrik ^a   Norrild, Bodil ^a   Vinding, Troels ^c   Heegaard, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TYPING; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PTERYGIUM; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 34547181956     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.108829     Document Type: Article

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