Age of child, more than HPV type, is associated with clinical course in recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.

RRP is a devastating disease in which papillomas in the airway cause hoarseness and breathing difficulty. The disease is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) 6 or 11 and is very variable. Patients undergo multiple surgeries to maintain a patent airway and in order to communicate vocally. Several sma...

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Main Authors: Farrel J Buchinsky, Joseph Donfack, Craig S Derkay, Sukgi S Choi, Stephen F Conley, Charles M Myer, John E McClay, Paolo Campisi, Brian J Wiatrak, Steven E Sobol, John M Schweinfurth, Domingos H Tsuji, Fen Z Hu, Howard E Rockette, Garth D Ehrlich, J Christopher Post
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2386234?pdf=render