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A mechanism for chronic filarial hydrocele with implications for its surgical repair. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010 BACKGROUND: Chronic hydrocele is the most common manifestation of bancroftian filariasis, an endemic disease in 80 countries. In a prospective study, we evaluated the occurrence of intrascrotal lymphangiectasia, gross appearance/consistency of the testis,
Joaquim Norões, Gerusa Dreyer
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Marriage, sex, and hydrocele: an ethnographic study on the effect of filarial hydrocele on conjugal life and marriageability from Orissa, India. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009 BackgroundLymphatic filariasis (LF), a leading cause of permanent and long-term disability, affects 120 million people globally. Hydrocele, one of the chronic manifestations of LF among 27 million people worldwide, causes economic and psychological ...
Bontha V Babu +2 more
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A Case of Hydrocele Stone with Its Composition Analysis [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2010 Hydrocele stones are freely mobile calcified bodies lying between the tunica vaginalis layers, and they are relatively rare. We present here another case of hydrocele stone incidentally discovered when castration was being undergone for the endocrine ...
Masayoshi Zaitsu +3 more
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Abdominoscrotal hydrocele: A systematic review and proposed clinical grading [PDF]
African Journal of Urology, 2018 Introduction: Abdominoscrotal hydrocele is a rare hydrocele variant in pediatrics and adults. Besides the historical concerns, controversies in etiology and management of abdominoscrotal hydrocele warrant studying.
R.A. Gadelkareem
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Comparison of two method of hydrocele repair in children [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2019 Introduction: Hydroceles is accumulation of fluid in the processus vaginalis (PV) resulting in swelling of the inguinal region or scrotum. Its treatment depends on age, symptoms and conection with abdomen.
Omid Amanollahi +2 more
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Economic benefits and costs of surgery for filarial hydrocele in Malawi. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 BackgroundLymphatic filariasis (LF) is endemic in 72 countries of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. An estimated 25 million men live with the disabling effects of filarial hydrocele.
Larry Sawers +6 more
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Prevalence of endemic Bancroftian filariasis in the high altitude region of south-eastern Nigeria [PDF]
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2011 Background & objectives: The study was aimed at determining the prevalence and intensity of Wuchereriabancrofti microfilaraemia in a high altitude region of south-eastern Nigeria, and ascertaining the prevalenceof clinical signs and symptoms associated ...
E.C. Utta
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Shrinking the lymphatic filariasis map of Ethiopia: reassessing the population at risk through nationwide mapping [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND Mapping of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is essential for the delineation of endemic implementation units and determining the population at risk that will be targeted for mass drug administration (MDA).
Assefa, Ashenafi +10 more
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Further characterization of NFIB‐associated phenotypes: Report of two new individuals
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Volume 191, Issue 2, Page 540-545, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Nuclear Factor I B (NFIB) haploinsufficiency has recently been identified as a cause of intellectual disability (ID) and macrocephaly. Here we report on two new individuals carrying a microdeletion in the chromosomal region 9p23‐p22.3 containing NFIB.
Gemma Marinella +8 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Volume 191, Issue 2, Page 332-337, February 2023., 2023 Abstract GTF2IRD1, a gene on chromosome 7 which encodes a transcription factor, is of significant clinical interest due to its heterozygous loss as part of the classical deletion associated with Williams–Beuren syndrome (WBS). However, biallelic variants in GTF2IRD1 alone as part of an autosomal recessive disease have not been previously reported. Here,
Christopher Thomas Cummings +1 more
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