High frequency of human papillomavirus 6/11, 16, and 18 infections in precancerous lesions and squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiiva in subtropical Tanzania

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 938-943

  Moubayed, Pierre ^a,d   Mwakyoma, Henry ^b   Schneider, Dominik T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Carcinoma; Conjunctiva; Human papillomavirus; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGISTRY; CHEMICAL LABELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSPLASIA; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PRECANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TANZANIA; TISSUE; UNIVERSITY; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 9644273806     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/T189UWWVB71M9VRC     Document Type: Article

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