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Papillomatosis

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A disorder with numerous papillomas wart growths).

For example, laryngeal papillomatosis is the presence of multiple papillomas on the vocal cords.

It is most common in young children an is due to the human papilloma virus (HPV).

A baby can get HPV by being born through a vaginal canal of a mother with genital warts which are also due to HPV.

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