An association of human papillomaviruses low risk and high risk subtypes with skin tag

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 840-844

  Pezeshkpoor, Fakhrozaman ^a   Jafarian, Amir Hossein ^a   Ghazvini, Kiarash ^a   Yazdanpanah, Mohammad Javad ^a   Sadeghian, Ali ^a   Esmaili, Habiballah ^a   Karrabi, Maryam ^a   Rohani, Fatemeh ^a   Joushan, Bahareh ^a   Shirdel, Mohammad ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

HPV; PCR; Skin tag

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TAG; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; WART VIRUS;

EID: 84862141190     PISSN: 20083866     EISSN: 20083874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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