HPV detection in oral carcinomas

• Main Authors: Aurora Karla de Lacerda Vidal (Author), Arnaldo de França Caldas Júnior (Author), Roberto José Vieira de Mello (Author), Virgínia Ribes A. Brandão (Author), Getúlio Isidoro da Rocha (Author), Eliane Taromaru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

The authors set out in this study to verify the presence of low- and high-risk DNA of human papillomavirus (HPV) in oral cancer by means of the hybrid capture Digene® test (São Paulo-SP, Brazil) in smears from exfoliative cytology and also to compare the findings with those of conventional light mi...