Trimethylamine and trimethylamine oxide levels in normal women and women with bacterial vaginosis reflect a local metabolism in vaginal secretion as compared to urine

APMIS

Volumn 113, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 513-516

  Wolrath, H ^a   Stahlbom B ^a   Hallen A ^b   Forsum, U ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; TMA; TMAO; Urine

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLAMINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINE; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLAMINES; ODORS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 23144455968     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm_175.x     Document Type: Article

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