Sensitive methods to detect epithelial disruption: Tests for microhemorrhage in cervicovaginal lavages

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages

  Moench, Thomas ^a   Mehrazar, Karim ^b   Cone, Richard ^a,c   Blumenthal, Paul ^c  

^a REPROTECT INC   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial disruption; Hemoglobin; Menses; Microbicide; Microhemorrhage; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; NONOXINOL 9;

BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAVAGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX EROSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 7244229669     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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