Role of pH as a regulator of the vaginal physiological environment;Ruolo del pH come modulatore dell'equilibrio fisiopatologico vaginale

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 111-121

  Melis, G B ^a,b   Ibba, M T ^a,b   Steri, B ^a,b   Kotsonis, P ^a,b   Matta, V ^a,b   Paoletti, A M ^a,b   Rosaschino, P ^a,b  

^a BOLOGNINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acidifying substances; Doderlein's lactobecillus; Hydrogen ion concentration; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ACID; CARBOPOL 934; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID; PROTON; STEROID; VALERIC ACID;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OXYGENATION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TEMPERATURE; TRICHOMONAS; VAGINA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; VAGINA;

EID: 0034045733     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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