The influence of AIDS on the morphometric and immune status of the uterine cervix of autopsied patients

Current HIV Research

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 606-612

  Cavellani, Lourencini ^a   Rocha, Laura Penna ^a   da Silva Rosa, Simone Cristina ^a   Oliveira, Lívia Ferreira ^a   Faria, Humberto Aparecido ^a   Olegário, Janaínna Grazielle Pacheco ^a   Corrêa, Rosana Rosa Miranda ^a   de Paula Antunes Teixeira, Vicente ^a  

^a Triangulo Mineiro Federal University   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Atrophy; Epithelium; Immunity; Uterine cervix; Women

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN S 100;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; METAPLASIA; MICROENVIRONMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATROPHY; AUTOPSY; CELL COUNT; CERVIX UTERI; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LANGERHANS CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84856443863     PISSN: 1570162X     EISSN: 18734251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016211798998745     Document Type: Article

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