Women with recurrent vaginal candidosis have normal peripheral blood B and T lymphocyte subset levels

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 475-476

  White, D J ^a,b   Stevenson, M ^b   Shahmanesh, M ^b   Gentle, T ^a  

^a Birmingham General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Candidosis; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

EID: 79959928389     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.6.475     Document Type: Article

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