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Exploring Biomedical, Temporal, and Embodied Perspectives on the Timing of Birth in Central Nepal [PDF]
, 2018 As an ANHS Senior Fellow, I began to explore the standardization of time in obstetrics and its translation into everyday practice in Nepal by analyzing the various perspectives involved in determining a woman’s ideal time of delivery and a successful ...
Brunson, Jan, Tamrakar, Suman Raj
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The Diagnosis That Arrived Decades Late: Living Without and Then With Myhre Syndrome
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome (MIM #139210) is a rare multisystem disorder first described in 1981, characterized by short stature, neurodevelopmental delay, joint contractures, and cardiopulmonary complications. Its molecular basis, recurrent pathogenic variants in SMAD4, was not discovered until 2011. This narrative is based on a review of medical records,
Abdallah F. Elias
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Les nouveaux défis pour l’anthropologie de la santé
Anthropologie & Santé, 2010 Medical anthropology has become one of the major subdiscipline in anthropology in the past decades. However, it has today to deal with the interest of other social sciences disciplines for the social, cultural and political dimensions of disease, health ...
Raymond Massé
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Beyond the clinic? Eluding a medical diagnosis of anorexia through narrative [PDF]
, 2017 The persistence and recurrence of anorexia nervosa poses a clinical challenge, and provides support for critiques of oppressive and injurious facets of society inscribed on women’s bodies.
Shohet, Merav
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome is an ultrarare genetic disease characterized by short stature, distinct craniofacial features, cardiovascular and respiratory fibrosis and stenosis, neurodevelopmental delays, autism, intellectual disability, and hearing loss. The natural history of Myhre syndrome is still not fully understood due to a small patient population ...
Mary K. Young +6 more
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Introduction - Bodies on Trial: Performances and Politics in Medicine and Biology [PDF]
, 2004 This special issue, devoted to the question of the body in medicine and biology, brings together a group of authors whose roots lie within the field of science and technology studies (STS), and at the intersections of STS with medical sociology and ...
Akrich, Madeleine, Berg, Marc
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Evidence on developmental milestones in children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) under the age of five is scarce. This multisite cross‐sectional study described developmental status and examined factors associated with milestone attainment in 143 children aged 0–66 months from a pediatric AMC Registry.
Ahlam Zidan +13 more
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Medical anthropology: Traditional prevention and treatment among Afghan immigrants [PDF]
Dānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān, 2018 Since its inception, anthropology has paid special attention to health, hygiene, disease, treatment and medical affairs, and has devoted a detailed field of anthropology to this matter.
حسین میرزائی
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Therapy for Myhre Syndrome: Goals, Misconceptions, and Current Agents
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Myhre Syndrome (MYHRS, MIM #139210) is a rare, multisystem connective tissue disorder caused by recurrent heterozygous gain‐of‐function pathogenic variants in the SMAD4 gene, a key player in TGF‐β signaling and a regulator of extracellular matrix homeostasis.
Alessandro De Falco +2 more
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The Politics of Vodou: Aids, Access to Health Care and the Use of Culture in Haiti [PDF]
, 2007 During the past few years, the AIDS campaign in Haiti has been targeting Vodou officiants and organizations. These awareness and training programmes in- form officiants about the transmission and prevention of AIDS, tests for HIV and anti- retroviral ...
Benoît, Catherine
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