Several chronic liver diseases are characterized by a clear gender disparity. Among them, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) shows significantly higher incidence rates in men than women. The different epidemiological distribution of risk factors for disease and HCC only partially accounts these differences. In fact, the is an organ with recognized sexual dysmorphism extremely sensitive to action an...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: sex-related differences in the severity of multiple sclerosis (ms) could be influenced by the sex hormones. materials and methods: this cohort (historical) study evaluated the sex hormone levels during menstrual cycle and their correlation with disease severity in ms. result: patients with ms had significantly ...