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J Clin Pathol 55:22-26
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Telomerase activation and human papillomavirus infection in invasive uterine cervical carcinoma in a set of Malaysian patients

Table 2

HPV status and telomerase PCR ELISA assay absorbance read at 450 nm with a reference wavelength of 690 (A450) versus histological background of benign cervices (n=19) and histological diagnosis, stage, and lymph node status of cervical carcinoma (n=20)

Benign cervices Cervical carcinoma
Case Histological background A450 HPV Case Histological diagnosis Stage LN A450 HPV
ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; LN, lymph node status; NA, information not available.
1 Uterovaginal prolapse −0.032 L1 1 Squamous, non-keratinising II 1.469 L1
2 Leiomyoma −0.028 2 Squamous, non-keratinising I 3.781 16
3 Leiomyoma −0.069 3 Squamous, non-keratinising IV + 1.935 16
4 Benign ovarian teratoma 0.032 4 Squamous, keratinising I NA 1.841 16
5 Leiomyoma 0.081 5 Squamous, keratinising I 0.173 16
6 Leiomyoma 0.135 6 Squamous, keratinising I 0.209 L1
7 Leiomyoma 0.011 7 Squamous, non-keratinising II NA 3.163 16
8 Benign ovarian teratoma −0.017 8 Squamous, non-keratinising I 1.632 6
9 Uterovaginal prolapse −0.020 9 Adenocarcinoma II 0.178 16
10 Adenomyosis 0.038 10 Adenocarcinoma I 0.017 16
11 Placenta praevia −0.073 11 Squamous, non-keratinising III NA 0.238 16
12 Leiomyoma 0.349 12 Squamous, non-keratinising II NA −0.006 L1
13 Ovarian serous cystadenoma 0.096 13 Squamous, non-keratinising I 0.067
14 Uterovaginal prolapse −0.002 14 Squamous, non-keratinising I 21.790 L1
15 Leiomyoma 0.015 15 Lymphoepithelioma-like I 0.013 16
16 Leiomyoma 0.019 16 Squamous, non-keratinising III NA 3.045 16
17 Endometrial polyp 0.006 17 Squamous, keratinising I 0.075 16
18 Uterovaginal prolapse 0.012 18 Adenosquamous I 0.222
19 Uterovaginal prolapse 0.003 19 Squamous, keratinising II NA −0.001 16
20 Squamous, keratinising II NA 0.630 16

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