Cervicovaginal inflammatory cytokines and sphingomyelinase in women with and without bacterial vaginosis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-39

  Hemalatha, Rajkumar ^a   Ramalaxmi, Baru Anantha ^a   Krishnaswetha, Gummuluri ^a   Kumar, Putcha Uday ^a   Rao, Dasari Madusudhan ^a   Balakrishna, Nagalla ^a   Annapurna, Vure ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Cervicitis; IL 1 ; IL 6; Sphingomyelinase; TNF ; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PH MEASUREMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84863475452     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318235597b     Document Type: Article

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