Immunoglobulins in human cervico-vaginal secretions

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1977, Pages 402-408

  Jalanti, R ^a   Isliker, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; VAGINA SECRETION;

BIOLOGY; CERVIX; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GENITALIA; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS; HEMIC SYSTEM; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALTERATIONS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SURGERY; TREATMENT; UROGENITAL SURGERY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ADULT; CERVIX MUCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFERTILITY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGE; PREGNANCY; VAGINA;

EID: 0017575233     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000231778     Document Type: Article

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