Four historic legends in human papillomaviruses research.
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چکیده
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) infection and HPVs-associated lesions, including skin warts in children and adults and cervical neoplasia in women, have been excessively studied since ancient years. In our article, we present briefly four major researchers from the HPVs pre-vaccination historic period: Hippokrates the Asclepiad, Domenico Antonio Rigoni-Stern, George N. Papanicolaou and Harald zur Hausen.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology
دوره 20 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015