I narrate these cases merely as rare experience in practice, wishing, meantime, to avoid discussion of the nature of the disease. In accordance with general practice I designate it lupus, yet histological investigation by skilled colleagues shows that it has not the structural peculiarities of most examples of the characteristic and well-known disease in other parts of the body. The name of lup...

Infertility, permanent or temporary, resulting from drug-induced injury is an important clinical problem. Many common used drugs are potentially toxic to gonads. It is well-known that estrogens are toxic to the male genital system, but androgens may also produce infertility. Anovulation may also be a consequence of exposure to sex steroids. Cimetidine regularly produces hypospermia in men; phen...

introduction: female genital mutilation (fgm) comprises of various procedures that damage female genitalia for non-therapeutic intentions, and it offers multidimensional and interdependent effects. objectives: the aim of this study was to determine whether fgm versus non-fgm couples in kermanshah in iran vary in relationship characteristics, such as relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfactio...

Genitalia are one of the most rapidly diverging morphological features in animals. The evolution of genital morphology is proposed to be driven by sexual selection via cryptic female choice, whereby a female selectively uptakes and uses a particular male's sperm on the basis of male genital morphology. The resulting shifts in genital morphology within a species can lead to divergence in genital...

Genital psoriasis is a neglected manifestation of psoriasis, although it affects numerous patients and has major effects on sexual quality of life (SQoL). We aimed to assess the value of specialised care for patients with genital psoriasis. Patients were treated for at least one year at a specialised research outpatient clinic with extensive attention for genital lesions and SQoL. The genital l...

T h e control o f female fertility by al imentary tract vaccination with sperm antigens has remained a theoretical possibility connect ing observations of sperm immunogenici ty and consequent infertility in various species, including humans (for review see references 1-3), with the translation o f gut mucosal immune reactivity to anatomically r emote mucosal sites, including the female genital ...

Background: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a practice involving the removal of all or parts of the female external genitalia.It has been documented in 28 African countries and in some countries in Asia and the Middle East,but due to increasing immigration from these countries to the western world,FGM has become a worldwide human rights and health issue. Materials and Methods: This paper is ...