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On Medical Domination

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, I propose and define the concept of medical domination by combining insights from political sociology, Bourdieu's theory of domination, and intersectional perspectives. Drawing on a multi‐sited ethnographic study of abortion services in France, I analyse how a set of legitimised and institutionalised power practices shape ...
Raphaël Perrin
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Molecular Cytogenetic Methods for the Detection of Chromosomal Abnormalities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Some marker chromosomes and chromosome rearrangements are difficult to identify using G-bands by Giemsa staining after trypsin treatment (G-banding) alone.
Maruyama, Hidehiko   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Breaking Barriers: Exploring Patient Satisfaction With the U.S. Healthcare System Among Iranian and Afghan Immigrants With Limited English Proficiency

open access: yesHealth Services Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the satisfaction of limited English proficiency (LEP) Farsi‐ and Dari‐speaking patients with the U.S. healthcare system using a qualitative approach. Study Setting and Design We employed a grounded theory approach to analyze qualitative data collected from five focus groups involving 25 Farsi‐ and Dari‐speaking immigrants ...
Sara Imanpour   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reproductive Wastage in Recurrent Partial Hydatidiform Mole: A Clinical Dilemma. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Recurrent partial Hydatidiform mole is an extremely rare clinical entity which represent a part of the gestational trophoblatic neoplasia spectrum. Since the first case was reported by Honore.
Ashmita, D   +3 more
core  

Implications of uniparental disomy in forensic kinship testing: A case study of paternal isodisomy on chromosome 3

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract In typical inheritance, a child receives one chromosome of each pair from each parent. In rare cases, however, both chromosomes may be inherited from the same parent, a phenomenon known as uniparental disomy (UPD). In forensic kinship testing, UPD can lead to Mendelian inconsistencies between parent and child, increasing the risk of ...
Hannah Fontanil   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetics of infertility and “assisted fertilization” in the Bible: The case of Abraham and his family

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
Abstract Couple infertility is a very ancient medical condition. One of the first descriptions of familial infertility/subfertility is contained in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, written in the 10th century BC and reporting tales from the oral tradition even occurred about 800 years earlier.
Manuela Simoni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of the Number of Peripheral Blood CD4+CD25+ T Cells in Unexplained Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion Patients with Normal Pregnant Women

open access: yesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd, 2011
Introduction: Undoubtedly, reproduction is a necessity for survival and successful pregnancy is an immunological paradox. In the present study, we investigated the proportional changes of CD4+CD25bright T cells, CD4+CD25dim T cells in peripheral blood in
M Eslami   +8 more
doaj  

Current state of the problem of habitual loss of pregnancy: discussion questions of causes and risk factors, tactics of periconceptive management [PDF]

open access: yesГинекология, 2017
The literary review presents modern views on the problem of habitual loss of pregnancy. Questions of terminology, causes and risk factors, strategic directions of pre-survey examination and per-conceptual management of patients with this pathology are ...
M Yu Skvortsova, S G Prilutskaia
doaj  

The impact of sex-selective abortion technology on the evolution of postnatal gender-bias conventions [PDF]

open access: yes
A substantial body of research presents the absence of control on the family sex-composition as one of the main reasons for raising neglected young girls in context of rooted son preference.
Rebeca A. Echávarri
core  

Repeatability of retinal vessel flicker responses in healthy individuals

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To determine the repeatability of retinal blood vessel parameters (from proprietary software and the raw vessel data) measured in vivo in healthy individuals at rest, during and post flicker light (FL) provocation using a standardised protocol.
Angelos Kalitzeos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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