High resolution imaging of epithelial injury in the sheep cervicovaginal tract: A promising model for testing safety of candidate microbicides

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 312-318

  Vincent, Kathleen L ^a,b,c,e   Bourne, Nigel ^c   Bell, Brent A ^c   Vargas, Gracie ^c,d   Tan, Alai ^d   Cowan, Daniel ^c   Stanberry, Lawrence R ^e   Rosenthal, Susan L ^b   Motamedi, Massoud ^c  

^a Division of Gynecology   (United States)

^b Division of Adolescent and Behavioral Health   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology   (United States)

^e Division of Anatomic Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; MICROBICIDE; BENZALKONIUM; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHEEP; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; EPITHELIUM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CERVIX UTERI; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SHEEP; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VAGINA;

EID: 67649935663     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31819496e4     Document Type: Article

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