Abstract:Background: Skin tags are flesh-coloured, pedunculated growths with a smooth surface, reported to have an incidence of 46% of the general population. The etiology of skin tags is still unknown, human papillomavirus skin infection is one of the associated factor. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a small DNA virus of papovavirus family that classified into low risk HPV (6& 11)
and high risk HPV (16&18) that induce malignant transformation. presence of HPV in the tissues depends on the identification of viral nucl… Show more
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