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Paulo Cesar Giraldo

Professor de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Verified email at unicamp.br
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[PDF][PDF] New findings about vaginal bacterial flora

IM Linhares, PC Giraldo, EC Baracat - Rev Assoc Med Bras, 2010 - scholar.archive.org
The aim of this review is to update knowledge about the vaginal ecosystem, emphasizing
non-cultivation methods for bacterial identification (gene amplification), the several …

Effects of physical activity on breast cancer prevention: a systematic review

AK Gonçalves, GLD Florêncio… - … of Physical Activity …, 2014 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Observational studies have reported an association between physical activity
and breast cancer risk reduction. This study aims to evaluate the effect of physical activity on …

[HTML][HTML] Safety, tolerability and side effects of human papillomavirus vaccines: a systematic quantitative review

AK Gonçalves, RN Cobucci, HM Rodrigues… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Recently, many studies have evaluated HPV vaccine safety and adverse effects. Two
vaccine shave been recently evaluated in randomized controlled trials: the bivalent vaccine …

Contemporary perspectives on vaginal pH and lactobacilli

IM Linhares, PR Summers, B Larsen, PC Giraldo… - American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Ever since the pH of the vagina was found to be much more acidic than blood and interstitial
fluids, a belief going back more than a century has persisted that the vagina is protected …

Relationship of abnormal vaginal flora, proinflammatory cytokines and idiopathic infertility in women undergoing IVF.

SD Spandorfer, A Neuer, PC Giraldo… - The Journal of …, 2001 - europepmc.org
Objective To investigate the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and abnormal bacterial
vaginal flora in an infertile population and correlate with cervical cytokine production and in …

Mannose-binding lectin gene polymorphism, vulvovaginal candidiasis, and bacterial vaginosis

PC Giraldo, O Babula, AKS Gonçalves… - Obstetrics & …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate associations between polymorphisms in the gene coding for
mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and the diagnosis of acute or recurrent vulvovaginal …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity and sexual function in middle-aged women

PUL Cabral, ACG Canário, MHC Spyrides… - Revista da Associação …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Objective To investigate the relationship between physical activity level and sexual function
in middle-aged women. Methods A cross-sectional study with a sample of 370 middle-aged …

α-Amylase in Vaginal Fluid: Association With Conditions Favorable to Dominance of Lactobacillus

D Nasioudis, J Beghini, AM Bongiovanni… - Reproductive …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Vaginal glycogen is degraded by host α-amylase and then converted to lactic acid by
Lactobacilli. This maintains the vaginal pH at≤ 4.5 and prevents growth of other bacteria …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the secretory immunoglobulin A levels in the colostrum and milk of mothers of term and pre-trerm newborns

ED Araújo, AK Gonçalves, MC Cornetta… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVE: To determine and to compare the levels of secretory immunoglobulin A in
samples of colostrum and milk of mothers of term and preterm neonates. MATERIAL AND …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus infection in pregnant women and microcephaly

G Duarte, AF Moron, A Timerman… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
From the discovery of the Zika virus (ZIKV) in 1947 in Uganda (Africa), until its arrival in
South America, it was not known that it would affect human reproductive life so severely …