Frequency of interleukin-4 (IL-4) -589 gene polymorphism and vaginal concentrations of IL-4, nitric oxide, and mannose-binding lectin in women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1258-1262

  Babula, Oksana ^a,b   Lazdane, Gunta ^b   Kroiča, Juta ^b   Linhares, Iara M ^a   Ledger, William J ^a   Witkin, Steven S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; INTERLEUKIN 4; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SPEARMAN RANK TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VAGINA;

EID: 17644367218     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429246     Document Type: Article

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