Observational cohort study of the effect of a single lubricant exposure during transvaginal ultrasound on cell-shedding from the vaginal epithelium

The outer layers of the vaginal epithelium (VE) are important because they accumulate glycogen which, under optimal conditions, Lactobacillus spp. consume to grow and acidify the vaginal microenvironment with lactic acid. We hypothesized that exposure to lubricant, for example in the conduct of a tr...

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Pubblicato in:PLoS One
Autori principali: O’Hanlon, D. Elizabeth, Brown, Sarah E., He, Xin, Stennett, Christina A., Robbins, Sarah J., Johnston, Elizabeth D., Wnorowski, Amelia M., Mark, Katrina, Ravel, Jacques, Cone, Richard A., Brotman, Rebecca M.
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2021
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8092793/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33939727
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250153
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