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Polymorphism in a gene coding for the inflammasome component NALP3 and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis in women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Mar 2009
Lev-Sagie Ahinoam, Prus Diana, Linhares Iara M, Lavy Yuval, Ledger William J, Witkin Steven S
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OBJECTIVE: Patients with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (VVS) and control subjects were tested for a polymorphism in the gene coding for the NALP3 component of inflammasomes, cytoplasmic structures regulating interleukin (IL)-1beta production. STUDY DESIGN: DNA from 143 women with VVS and 182 contr...
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