Ultrasound screening for pyelectasis in pregnant women. Clinical necessity or “art for art’s sake”?
Journal of Ultrasonography, 2018 Renal pelvicalyceal dilatation is caused by urine retention in the upper urinary tract. It is referred to as pyelectasis in medical literature. This term does not indicate the cause that leads to the dilatation of and urine retention in the renal ...
Piotr Szkodziak
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Clinical Persistence of Chlamydia trachomatis Sexually Transmitted Strains Involves Novel Mutations in the Functional αββα Tetramer of the Tryptophan Synthase Operon. [PDF]
, 2019 Clinical persistence of Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a major public health concern. In vitro persistence is known to develop through interferon gamma (IFN-γ) induction of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), which ...
Dean, Deborah +4 more
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Molecular genetics and pathophysiology of 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3 deficiency. [PDF]
, 1996 Autosomal recessive mutations in the 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3 gene impair the formation of testosterone in the fetal testis and give rise to genetic males with female external genitalia.
Andersson, Stefan +14 more
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Protection of outbred mice against a vaginal challenge by a Chlamydia trachomatis serovar E recombinant major outer membrane protein vaccine is dependent on phosphate substitution in the adjuvant. [PDF]
, 2020 Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually-transmitted pathogen for which there is no vaccine. We previously demonstrated that the degree of phosphate substitution in an aluminum hydroxide adjuvant in a TLR-4-based C. trachomatis serovar
Ausar, Salvador Fernando +7 more
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Chronic pelvic pain: comorbidity between chronic musculoskeletal pain and vulvodynia
Reumatismo, 2014 Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common condition that has a major impact on the quality of life of both men and women. Male CPP is usually attributable to well-defined urogenital conditions (most frequently infectious/non infectious prostatic diseases) or
G. Biasi +3 more
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Microbiology Research, 2022 The altered patterns of a microbial population colonizing an organ are increasingly recognized as a relevant item in human disease pathogenesis. The female urogenital tract is no exception, as some vaginal microbiota patterns, named community state types
Alexander Bertuccioli +4 more
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MRI for adenomyosis: a pictorial review
Insights into Imaging, 2017 Adenomyosis is defined as the presence of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium. It is a disease of the inner myometrium and results from infiltration of the basal endometrium into the underlying myometrium.
Lisa Agostinho +5 more
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Sex Differences in Comorbidity Combinations in the Swedish Population
Biomolecules, 2022 High comorbidity rates, especially mental–physical comorbidity, constitute an increasing health care burden, with women and men being differentially affected.
Laura Basso +6 more
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Symptomatic Female Genital Tract Infections Due to Neisseria meningitidis in Athens, Greece
Diagnostics, 2021 Neisseria meningitidis is considered as an obligate human pathogen and can cause life-threatening diseases like meningitis and/or septicaemia. Occasionally, it can be recovered from infections outside the bloodstream or central nervous system, like ...
Anastasios Tsakalos +6 more
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Opportunities and challenges for modelling epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics in a multihost, multiparasite system: Zoonotic hybrid schistosomiasis in West Africa [PDF]
, 2017 Multihost multiparasite systems are evolutionarily and ecologically dynamic, which presents substantial trans‐disciplinary challenges for elucidating their epidemiology and designing appropriate control.
Borlase, A, Rudge, J W, Webster, J P
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