Asian-American Variants of Human Papillomavirus 16 and Risk for Cervical Cancer: a Case-Control Study

Jaime Berúmen, Rosa Ma. Ordóñez, Eduardo Lazcano, Jorge Salmerón, Silvia Galvan, Regla Estrada, Elsa Yunes, Alejandro Garcı́a-Carrancá, G. Gonzalez‐Lira, A. Madrigal-de la Campa

JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2001 · 282 citations · 33 references

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Abstract

The high frequency of HPV16 AA variants, which appear to be more oncogenic than E variants, might contribute to the high incidence of cervical cancer in Mexico.

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