Molecular detection of Lactobacillus species in the neovagina of male-to-female transsexual women

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

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

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSGENDER; VAGINA;

ADULT; BIODIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; VAGINA;

EID: 84911486047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03746     Document Type: Article

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