Relationship between Ureaplasma urealyticum vaginal colonization and polymorphism in the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 912-914

  Jeremias, Jan ^a   Giraldo, Paulo ^a,b   Durrant, Shane ^a   Ribeiro Filho, Ayrton ^b   Witkin, Steven S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA;

EID: 0032851955     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314935     Document Type: Article

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