Dual genitotropic human papillomavirus infections in genital warts.
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Dual genitotropic human papillomavirus infections in genital warts.
BACKGROUND AND METHODS We have carried out a prospective study of dual genitotropic human papillomavirus (HPV) infections by means of two different DNA detection methods in biopsy specimens obtained from patients who were examined for genital warts at the STD clinic of the School of Medicine in Seville, between January 1990 and December 1991. RESULTS 100 patients with a clinical diagnosis of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1993
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.69.1.60