Human Papillomavirus Infection as a Risk Factor for Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
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- 12 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 344 (15), 1125-1131
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200104123441503
Abstract
Oncogenic human papillomaviruses (HPVs), especially HPV type 16 (HPV-16), cause anogenital epithelial cancers and are suspected of causing epithelial cancers of the head and neck.Keywords
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