A case-control study determined the association of urinary tract infection (UTI) with genital hygiene practices and sexual activity in pregnant women attending prenatal clinics in Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran. A sample of 100 pregnant women with positive urine cultures (cases) were compared with 150 healthy pregnant women matched for age, social, economic and education status and parity (con...

BACKGROUND Animal models of endocrine dysfunction have associated male genital defects with reduced anogenital distance (AGD). Human studies have correlated shorter AGD with exposure to putative endocrine disruptors in the environment but have not examined AGD in hypospadiac boys. We measured AGD in boys with hypospadias and those with normal genitals. METHODS Data were collected prospectivel...

Mammalian external genitals show sexual dimorphism [1, 2] and can change size and shape upon sexual arousal. Genitals feature prominently in the oldest pieces of figural art [3] and phallic depictions of penises informed psychoanalytic thought about sexuality [4, 5]. Despite this longstanding interest, the neural representations of genitals are still poorly understood [6]. In somatosensory cort...

There are female and male sterility. The female sterility can be particularly divided into absolute, primary and secondary one. The absolute sterility is present if the female genitals have no uterus or ovaries and if there are other bad female genitals development anomalies incompatible with becoming pregnant. The «primary sterility » diagnosis can be made if the woman was pregnant never befor...

Fig. 1. Face.-Bird-like appearance, with baldness and premature senility. well-nourished compared to marked atrophy of the limbs. Atrophy of the genitals.