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J Clin Pathol 58:51-55 doi:10.1136/jcp.2004.016634
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The characteristics of human papillomavirus DNA in head and neck cancers and papillomas

Table 3

 Patient data in the RRP group

N Age Sex Age at onset No. of excisions Follow up time Disease aggressiveness28 HPV type (serial no of excision) Range of viral load
Viral load refers to the HPV DNA copy number of 1 μg sample DNA.
A, aggressive disease; F, female; HPV, human papillomavirus; M, male; NA, non-aggressive disease; ND, not done; RRP, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
1 11 M 2 years 2 months 7 9 years 6 months NA 11 (7th) ND
2 9 M 1 year 6 months 24 4 years 5 months A 11 (21st) 105
11 (22nd) 102
11 (23rd) 107
3 5 M 3 years 1 months 1 2 years 2 months NA 6 ND
4 20 F 18 years 3 months 4 1 year 11 months NA 11 (3rd) ND
11 (4th) 107
5 33 M 28 years 5 5 years 4 months NA 6 (4th) 105–106
6 (5th) 104–105
6 29 M 26 years 4 1 year 8 months NA 6 (3rd) ND
6 (4th) 104–105
7 40 M 37 years 3 1 year 4 months NA 6 (2nd) 105–106
6 (3rd) <10
8 36 M 30 years 2 1 year 1 month NA 6 (2nd) ND
9 37 M 33 years 5 3 years 10 months NA 11 (4th) 106
10 72 F 71 years 4 1 year 1 month NA 6 (4th) ND

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