Human papillomavirus viral load expressed as relative light units (RLU) correlates with the presence and grade of preneoplastic lesions of the uterine cervix in atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) cytology

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2401-2406

  Origoni, M ^a   Carminati, G ^a   Rolla, S ^a   Clementi, M ^a   Sideri, M ^b   Sandri, M T ^b   Candiani, M ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELL OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELATIVE LIGHT UNIT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VIRUS LOAD; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 84866420068     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1582-1     Document Type: Article

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