Lipopolysaccharide alters the vaginal electrical resistance in cycling and pregnant mice

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-166

  Agrawal, Varkha ^a   Jaiswal, Mukesh K ^a   Chaturvedi, Madan M ^b   Tiwari, Dinesh C ^a   Jaiswal, Yogesh K ^a  

^a JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Gram negative bacterial infection; Implantation failure; Pregnancy loss; Reproductive cycle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IMPLANTATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; REPRODUCTION; VAGINAL ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; VAGINA;

EID: 58249141130     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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