The expression of cyclooxygenase 2 and inducible nitric oxide synthase indicates no active inflammation in vulvar vestibulitis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 638-644

  Bohm Starke, Nina ^a   Falconer, Christian ^a   Rylander, Eva ^a   Hilliges, Marita ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase 2; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Inflammation; Vulvar vestibulits

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUNCH BIOPSY; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; VULVITIS;

EID: 0034937768     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2001.800709.x     Document Type: Article

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