A role for the endometrial microbiome in dysfunctional menstrual bleeding

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 933-943

  Pelzer, Elise S ^a,b   Willner, Dana ^c   Buttini, Melissa ^b   Huygens, Flavia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhea; Endometrium; Lactobacillus sp; Menorrhagia; Microbial community profile

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIAL MICROBIOME; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; JONQUETELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROBIOME; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NULLIPARA; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA GENE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; ENDOMETRIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MENORRHAGIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 85039997775     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-017-0992-6     Document Type: Article

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