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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Autores principales: 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.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8092793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33939727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250153

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8092793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33939727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250153

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