Vaginal Matrix Metalloproteinase Levels in Pregnant Women With Bacterial Vaginosis
- 1 September 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
- Vol. 13 (6) , 430-434
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsgi.2006.05.008
Abstract
Objective: To compare matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-8 and MMP-9 levels in the vaginal secretions of pregnant women with or without asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis (BV).Keywords
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