Pap Test Screening among Vertically HIV-Infected Young Women
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Hyppolite K. Tchidjou, Nicola Cotugno, Giuseppe Pontrelli, Emma C. Manno, Luana Coltella, De Vito Rita, Stefania Baldassari, Vittorio Colizzi, Paolo Rossi, Maria C. Lucchetti, Stefania Bernardi University Department of Pediatrics (DPUO), “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy; Chair of Pediatrics, Department of Public Health University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Unit of Microbiology, “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy; Unit of Pathology, “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy; Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Department of Pediatric Surgery, “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy. Email: [email protected]
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