RT Book, Section
A1 Androphy, Elliot J.
A1 Kirnbauer, Reinhard
A2 Goldsmith, Lowell A.
A2 Katz, Stephen I.
A2 Gilchrest, Barbara A.
A2 Paller, Amy S.
A2 Leffell, David J.
A2 Wolff, Klaus
SR Print(0)
ID 56089416
T1 Chapter 196. Human Papilloma Virus Infections
T2 Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-166904-7
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56089416
RD 2024/04/18
AB |PrintPapillomavirus  Infections  at  a  GlanceVery  common  infection  of  skin  and  mucosa  of  children  and  adults.Papules  of  variable  size  often  with  a  rough  scaly  surface.Caused  by  human  papillomaviruses  (HPV),  a  subset  of  which  are  associated  with  cervical,  penile,  anal,  and  other  epithelial  malignancies.Treatment  often  requires  physical  or  immune  mediated  destruction  of  infected  epithelial  cells.A  prophylactic  vaccine  effectively  protects  from  infection  with  HPVs  most  commonly  identified  in  cervical  cancer  and  genital  warts.