Punch biopsies shorten time to clearance of high-risk human papillomavirus infections of the uterine cervix

Abstract Background The primary objective was to determine human papilloma virus (HPV) clearance rate after cervical biopsy among women with persistent high-risk HPV infection compared with spontaneous HPV clearance rate in the absence of biopsy. Methods We collected data from a dedicated screening...

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Main Authors: K. U. Petry, J. Horn, A. Luyten, R. T. Mikolajczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4225-9