Nitric oxide radicals in leucocytes and vaginal washes of Trichomonas vaginalis-infected symptomatic and asymptomatic women

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-343

  Yadav, M ^a   Dubey, M L ^a   Gupta, I ^a   Malla, N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Reactive nitrogen intermediates; Trichomonas vaginalis; Trichomoniasis

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEUKOCYTES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA;

TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 33644872912     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005009340     Document Type: Article

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