Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi
April 2010
Objective: To study the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes in nasal inverted papilloma (NIP), and to evaluate the relationship between HPV and NIP.
Methods: Twenty-one HPV subtypes were detected in paraffin-embedded tissues of 101 cases of NIP by flow through hybridization and gene chip (HybriMax), 24 cases of normal nasal mucosa were used as controls.
Results: HPV positive rates of NIP were 64.