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The role of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in cervical cancer development
J Markowska1, N Fischer, V Filas
1Oncology K. Marcinkowski University of Medicine Sciences, Poznań, Poland.
European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
|June 22, 1999
Abstract:
Previous Chlamydia trachomatis infection elevates expression of: 1. TGFalpha in CIN I, CIN II, CIN III; 2. HPV 16 in CIN I, CIN II, CIN III and invasive carcinoma; 3. Ki 67 in CIN III and invasive carcinoma. Chronic Chlamydial infection is very often associated with cervical hypertrophy.