Comparison of Ophthalmic Sponges for Measurements of Immune Markers from Cervical Secretions

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 399-405

  Castle, Philip E ^a   Rodriguez, Ana Cecilia ^b   Bowman, Frederick P ^c   Herrero, Rolando ^b   Schiffman, Mark ^a   Bratti, M Concepcion ^b   Morera, Lidia Ana ^b   Schust, Danny ^c   Crowley Nowick, Peggy ^c,d   Hildesheim, Allan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Proyecto Epidemiologico Guanacaste   (Costa Rica)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE; CELLULOSE SPONGE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; OPHTHALMIC SPONGE; POLYVINYL ACETATE; POLYVINYL ACETATE SPONGE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL SPONGE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEVICE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL SPONGES; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VACCINES;

EID: 12144291616     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.2.399-405.2004     Document Type: Article

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