Local immunity in Indian women with bacterial vaginosis

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 133-141

  Yasodhara, P ^a   Raghunath, M ^a   Sreeramulu, D ^a   Venu, L ^a   Hemalatha, R ^a   Krishna, T Prasanna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immunoglobulins; Nutritional status; Vaginal immunity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RANK SUM TEST; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INDIA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL CLASS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33646351309     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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