Evidence of a TH1-shift of local vaginal inflammatory response during bacterial vaginosis

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Anton, G ^a   Rid, J ^a   Mylonas, I ^a,b   Friese, K ^a   Weissenbacher, E R ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b 1 Frauenklinik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TH1 CELL; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTERLEUKINS; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TH1 CELLS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 42249093480     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-7152-2     Document Type: Article

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