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Original Research

Molecular tests to detect human papillomavirus infection in patients with cervical dysplasia and invasive cervical cancer in Saudi Arabia

Khalid H Sait1 Obstetrics and Gynecology DepartmentCorrespondence[email protected]
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Faten S Gazzaz2 Medical Virology Department, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Pages 25-29 | Published online: 28 Jul 2011

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