Telomerase Activity in Papanicolaou Smear-Negative Exfoliated Cervical Cells and Its Association with Lesions and Oncogenic Human Papillomaviruses
Gynecologic OncologyPublished 1 June 2000
Peng-Sheng Zheng, Tsuyoshi Iwasaka, Zhongming Zhang, Alan Pater, Hajime Sugimori
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Telomerase activity is often associated with high-risk HPV infection and it is suggested that telomerase assay can help to detect occult cervical lesions.
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Telomerase activity is often associated with high-risk HPV infection and it is suggested that telomerase assay can help to detect occult cervical lesions.
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