Synthetic polymers alter the structure of cervical mucus

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 445-452

  Willits, Rebecca Kuntz ^a   Saltzman, W Mark ^b  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b School of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus; Polyacrylic acid; Polyethylene glycol; Polyvinyl pyridine; Structure

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL BONDS; GELS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSITIVE IONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VINYL RESINS;

CERVICAL MUCUS; POLYVINYL PYRIDINE;

BIOMATERIALS;

ACID; ANION; ANTIBODY; CATION; MACROGOL; MUCIN; POLY(VINYL PYRIDINE); POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; FIBER; GEL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEN BOND; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUCUS; POLYMERS;

EID: 0035284437     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00197-6     Document Type: Article

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