Visual analysis of vaginal cell binding and retention of a gynecological douche;Analisi visuale dell'adesione e ritenzione vaginale di una lavanda ginecologica

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-16

  Braga, P C ^a   Spallino, A ^a   Dal Sasso, M ^a   Sturla, C ^b   Culici, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b S Antonio Abate Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Eugenol; Thymol; Vaginal douching

Indexed keywords

FERRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG RETENTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGENOL; FEMALE; FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOAPS; SOLUTIONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THYMOL; VAGINA; VAGINAL DOUCHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952818009     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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