Vaginal pH-lowering effect of locally applied vitamin C in subjects with high vaginal pH

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 230-234

  Polatti, Franco ^a   Rampino, Mariangela ^a   Magnani, Paola ^b   Mascarucci, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Polichem SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Bacterial vaginosis; Lactobacilli; Vaginal pH; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LEUKORRHEA; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGINA; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VAGINITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES;

EID: 33745713307     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590600647441     Document Type: Article

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