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Scientific Reports, 2018 In the female reproductive tract, the innate immune system is modulated by two sex steroid hormones, estrogen and progesterone. A cyclical wave of neutrophils in the vaginal lumen is triggered by chemokines and correlates with circulating estrogen levels.
Shuai Li +5 more
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Development of the method for the pharmaceutical availability testing of clotrimazole from multiphase semi-solid vaginal dosage forms [PDF]
Farmacja Polska, 2023 Introduction: The intravaginal drug administration enables treatment of the local and systemic diseases. The anatomy and physiology of a vagina provide several difficulties for drug technologists due to the small amount and continuous production of ...
Michał Smoleński +3 more
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Immunohistochemistry: sole tool in diagnosing a rare case of primary vaginal amelanotic melanoma [PDF]
Obstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2018 We report a rare case of vaginal amelanotic melanoma. Malignant melanomas are cutaneous and extracutaneous tumors that arise from embryological remnants of neural crest cells/melanocytes.
Rashi Garg, Neelam Gupta
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Female reproductive tract-organ axes
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 The female reproductive tract (FRT) and remote/versatile organs in the body share bidirectional communication. In this review, we discuss the framework of the “FRT-organ axes.” Each axis, namely, the vagina-gut axis, uterus-gut axis, ovary-gut axis ...
Kazuhide Takada +11 more
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Anti-HIV-1 Activity of Lactic Acid in Human Cervicovaginal Fluid
mSphere, 2018 Women of reproductive age with a Lactobacillus-dominated vaginal microbiota have a reduced risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and a vaginal pH of ~4 due to the presence of ~1% (wt/vol) lactic acid.
David Tyssen +9 more
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Is Rectosigmoid Vaginoplasty Still Useful?
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2017 Background The ideal vaginoplasty must be successful functionally as well as have a natural appearance, and also must retain its functionality and appearance over the long term.
Seok-Kwun Kim +3 more
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A multi-platform metabolomics approach identifies novel biomarkers associated with bacterial diversity in the human vagina [PDF]
, 2015 Bacterial vaginosis (BV) increases transmission of HIV, enhances the risk of preterm labour, and its associated malodour impacts the quality of life for many women. Clinical diagnosis primarily relies on microscopy to presumptively detect a loss of lactobacilli and acquisition of anaerobes.
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On Looking at the Vagina through Labella
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2016 Women's understandings of their own intimate anatomy has been identified as critical to women's reproductive health and sexual wellbeing. However, talking about it, seeking medical help when necessary as well as examining oneself in order to 'know ...
Teresa Almeida +4 more
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BMC Microbiology, 2016 BackgroundLactobacillus gasseri is one of the dominant Lactobacillus species in the vaginal ecosystem. Some strains of this species have a high potential for being used as probiotics in order to maintain vaginal homeostasis, since they may confer ...
A. Maldonado-Barragán +4 more
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IRRIGATIONAL THERAPY IN PEDIATRIC RHYNOLOGY
Вопросы современной педиатрии, 2009 The article describes main problems related to the development of rhinitis in newborns and infants. Authors consider the advantages of irrigational therapy in children under this age for the purpose of nasal breathing recover and prophylaxis of diseases ...
E.P. Karpova, E.E. Vagina
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