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Acta Ophthalmol Scand
; 81(4): 396-8, 2003 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12859268
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To investigate the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in tumour tissue from patients with unilateral retinoblastoma. METHODS: Samples of paraffin-embedded tumour tissue from 43 children with unilateral retinoblastoma were collected to investigate the presence of HPV DNA using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and dot blot hybridization. RESULTS: Oncogenic HPV DNA types 16 and 35 were detected in 12 (27.9%) of 43 tumour specimens. A higher frequency of differentiated tumours (63.3%) was observed among the HPV-positive tumours. CONCLUSIONS: Future studies are necessary to demonstrate an association between HPV and sporadic retinoblastoma.