Background. Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are known to cause cancers of the cervix and other anogenital tract sites. Molecular biology has provided some evidence as to the specific mechanisms involved in the HPV-related carcinogenesis. Epidemiologic and molecular biology studies have also suggested t
Human papillomavirus in head and neck tumors: epidemiological, molecular and clinical aspects
✍ Scribed by Jan Klozar; Ruth Tachezy; Eliška Rotnáglová; Eva Košlabová; Martina Saláková; Eva Hamšíková
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 103 KB
- Volume
- 160
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0043-5341
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