Cytokine and antibody responses in women infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Effects of concomitant infections

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 742-751

  Hedges, Spencer R ^a   Sibley, Don A ^a   Mayo, Matthew S ^a   Hook III, Edward W ^a   Russell, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0031656028     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515372     Document Type: Article

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