Signs of chronic stress in women with recurrent candida vulvovaginitis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1376-1381

  Ehrström, Sophia M ^a   Kornfeld, Dan ^b   Thuresson, Jessica ^a   Rylander, Eva ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Morning awake cortisol; Recurrent candida vulvovaginitis; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SALIVA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS; VULVOVAGINITIS;

ADULT; CANDIDIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PILOT PROJECTS; RECURRENCE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 25844461746     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.03.068     Document Type: Article

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