Natural killer cell function in women with vestibulitis

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 562-568

  Masterson, Brian J ^a,b   Galask, Rudolph P ^a   Ballas, Zuhair K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

interferon; human; interleukin 2; natural killer cells; papillomavirus; vulvar diseases

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CHROMIUM 51; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ARTICLE; CHROMIUM 51 RELEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL DESTRUCTION; VULVA DISEASE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; VULVITIS;

EID: 0029817621     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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