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Prevalence and viral load of oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) in pterygia in multi-ethnic patients in the Malay Peninsula

Chong PP 1 , Tung CH , Rahman NA , Yajima M , Chin FW , Yeng CL Show all authors , Go ES , Chan CM , Yawata N , Yamamoto N

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  • 1 Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia; Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia; Translational Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Centre for Translational Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore City, Singapore
Acta Ophthalmol, 2014 Nov;92(7):e569-79.
PMID: 25043991 DOI: 10.1111/aos.12427

Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in primary and recurrent pterygia samples collected from different ethnic groups in the equatorial Malay Peninsula.

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