GynecologyGynecology2079-56962079-5831Consilium Medicum28327Research ArticleThe role of allergic factor in chronic inflammation of the low part of genitalia in womenPavlovaA Aa_pavlova@oparina4.ruDolgushinaN Vn_dolgushina@oparina4.ruLatyshevaE Aealat@mail.ruMezhevitinovaE Ae_mezhevitinova@oparina4.ru150220141619610109042020Copyright © 2014, Consilium Medicum2014High prevalence of chronic vulvovaginitis and cervicitis, and increased risk of different obstetrical and gynecological complications in these women, contributes to study the etiological and risk factors of this disease. 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