Association of recurrent vaginal candidiasis and secretory ABO and Lewis phenotype

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 828-830

  Chaim, Walter ^b   Foxman, Betsy ^c   Sobel, Jack D ^a  

^a Harper Professional Office Building   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

EID: 0030751623     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517314     Document Type: Article

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