title: [Vaginal secretion hyaluronidase activity levels in normal and in some pathological conditions. Physiological pictures in a clinical series].
abstract: A viscometric method was used to determine vagina hyaluronidase activity in 82 healthy subjects. Enzyme values (in micrograms) were referred both to a volume unit and to a standard protein unit. Each subject was also examined colposcopically, cytologically, bacteriologically and cytohormonally. Three subject groups (premenopause, menopause, senile) and three subgroups relating to commonly observed cytological pictures in benign lesions of the portio uteri were chosen. The results show a fall in concentration values from the first to the third group; no meaningful differences were observed in either the individual or the overall subgroup values.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica dell'Università di Torino.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panazzolo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cacciari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scarpa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Sbriglio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014621:Vagina / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase