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Focal epithelial hyperplasia: human-papillomavirus-induced disease with a genetic predisposition in a Venezuelan family

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A study on the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA sequences and focal epithelial hyperplasia (FEH) in a family of Venezuelan ancestry has revealed that FEH is an HPV-induced disease presenting familial aggregation. The genealogical evidence indicates a genetic predisposition to the disease.

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  1. Instituto de Investigaciones Odontológicas “Raul Vicentelli”, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

    Gloria Premoli-De-Percoco

  2. Laboratorio de Genética Humana, Institute Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (I. V I. C.), Caracas, Venezuela

    Juan Pinto Cisternas

  3. Grupo de Genética Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

    Jose Luis Ramírez & Iván Galindo

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Premoli-De-Percoco, G., Cisternas, J.P., Ramírez, J.L. et al. Focal epithelial hyperplasia: human-papillomavirus-induced disease with a genetic predisposition in a Venezuelan family. Hum Genet 91, 386–388 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00217363

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