Candida albicans: Cellular immune system interactions during different stages of the menstrual cycle

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 1132-1136

  Kalo Klein, Aliza ^a   Witkin, Steven S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; immune response; menstrual cycle; vaginitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTES; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONOCYTES;

EID: 0024378770     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(89)90649-2     Document Type: Article

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