Ability of an orally administered lactobacilli preparation to improve the quality of the neovaginal microflora in male to female transsexual women

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-105

  Kaufmann, Ulrike ^a   Domig, Konrad J ^b   Lippitsch, Christina I ^b   Kraler, Manuel ^b   Marschalek, Julian ^a   Kneifel, Wolfgang ^b   Kiss, Herbert ^a   Petricevic, Ljubomir ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lactobacilli; Neovagina; Oral therapy; Probiotics; Transsexual women

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA FLORA;

LACTOBACILLI; NEOVAGINA; ORAL THERAPY; PROBIOTICS; TRANSSEXUAL WOMEN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; PROBIOTICS; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 84891826029     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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