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Health Services and Delivery Research, 2019 Background: In a context of high migration, there are growing numbers of women living in the UK who have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting.
Catrin Evans +6 more
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Reproductive Health, 2017 Introduction Improving healthcare providers’ capacities of prevention and treatment of female genital mutilation (FGM) is important given the fact that 200 million women and girls globally are living with FGM.
Jasmine Abdulcadir +2 more
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Human Female Genital Tract Infection by the Obligate Intracellular Bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis Elicits Robust Type 2 Immunity [PDF]
, 2013 While Chlamydia trachomatis infections are frequently asymptomatic, mechanisms that regulate host response to this intracellular Gram-negative bacterium remain undefined.
AL Graham +42 more
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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Role of SoxE transcription factors in development and disease
Developmental Dynamics, EarlyView.Abstract Sox8, Sox9, and Sox10 arose by multiple rounds of genome duplications from a single SoxE gene in ancestral vertebrates. In this review, we will briefly discuss the molecular structure and function of SoxE transcription factors and their evolutionary origin. We will then discuss their expression, function, and developmental disorders.
Merin Lawrence, Gerhard Schlosser
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Female Sex Development and Reproductive Duct Formation Depend on Wnt4a in Zebrafish. [PDF]
, 2019 In laboratory strains of zebrafish, sex determination occurs in the absence of a typical sex chromosome and it is not known what regulates the proportion of animals that develop as males or females.
Bruce W. Draper +8 more
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Objective To study perioperative and postoperative complications of a standardized ultrasound‐guided hysteroscopic treatment for complete septate uterus with duplicated cervices and non‐obstructive longitudinal vaginal septum, and to evaluate operative time, symptom changes, and reproductive outcomes. Methods Between January 2021 and May 2025,
Ursula Catena +6 more
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Objective To define and demonstrate a step‐by‐step surgical anatomical approach to pudendal nerve dissection using female cadavers, focusing on the identification of safe roadmap and key neurovascular structures to optimize pelvic nerve surgery.
Merve Didem Eşkin Tanrıverdi +4 more
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Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2011 Female circumcision is a tradition that is widespread and not restricted to predominantly Muslim countries. It is prevalent among all religious groups in many parts of Africa and Western Asia, whether they are Coptic Christians, Ethiopian Jews, or Arab ...
Jens Kutscher
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Comprehensive Evidence for Mortality and Underlying Morbidity Related to Visceral Fat Distribution
Med Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Linking obesity to mortality is an intriguing and controversial topic. This study tried to comprehensively assess 8 adiposity surrogates and mortality association among middle‐to‐old‐aged adults to identify a superior one, and explore explanatory disorders. Data sources included the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), UK
Haolong Zhou +11 more
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