Is Vulvovaginal Candidiasis an AIDS-Related Illness?
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Is human dectin-1 Y238X gene polymorphism related to susceptibility to recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis?
Background and Purpose: Vulvovaginal candidiasis is a frequent disease affecting approximately more than %75 of all childbearing women at least once in their lifetime by overgrowth of opportunistic Candida species. Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) is common in otherwise healthy individuals. Several risk factors were reported to contribute to RVVC susceptibility. A polymorphism in Decti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1537-6591,1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.supplement_2.s124