Spontaneous inflammatory pelvic disease in adult non-castrated female rats treated with estrogen

The adaptive immune response of the genital tract is under the control of sexual steroids; however, the influence of sex hormones on innate immune mechanisms of the genital mucosa are only beginning to be understood. We found that long-term estrogen treatment increases the risk for inflammatory pelv...

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Main Authors: Aristóteles M G Ramos, Sandro Perazzio, Aroldo F. de Camargos, Fausto E.L. Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000100003&lng=en&tlng=en