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Editorial
. 2023 Mar 9:5:1161839.
doi: 10.3389/frph.2023.1161839. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Inflammation in the female genital tract

Alicia Berard  1 , Julie Lajoie  2 , Carolina Herrera  3
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Editorial

Editorial: Inflammation in the female genital tract

Alicia Berard et al. Front Reprod Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cytokines; immune response; inflammation; microbiome; reproductive health; sexually tranmistted infections.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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