HPV Types in Turkey: Multicenter Hospital Based Evaluation of 6388 Patients in Turkish Gynecologic Oncology Group Centers

Creative Commons License

Dursun P., Ayhan A., Mutlu L., Caglar M., Haberal A., Gungor T., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY, vol.29, no.3, pp.210-216, 2013 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.5146/tjpath.2013.01188
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.210-216
  • Keywords: Human papillomavirus DNA tests, Mass screening, Uterine cervical neoplasms, Vaginal smears, Turkey
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of HPV DNA and cervical cytological abnormalities, to compare cervical cytology results and HPV DNA and to define HPV types distribution in a large series of Turkish women who have undergone HPV analysis in hospitals that are members of the Turkish Gynecological Oncology Group.