High risk of human papillomavirus type 16 infections and of development of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Rahul Nath, Christine Mant, Jennifer Luxton, Graham R.V. Hughes, K. S. Raju, Phillip Shepherd, John Cason

Arthritis Care & Research · 2007 · 148 citations · 29 references

Abstract

UK women with a recent SLE diagnosis had disturbingly elevated levels of HPV infections (particularly with European HPV-16 variants at a high viral load), abnormal cervical cytology, and SIL.

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