Female Circumcision
Mostrando 1-5 de 5 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. The interrupted seduction : sexuality and power in Arab-Muslim narratives on female circumcision / A sedução interrompida : sexualidade e poder em poder em narrativas arabe-muçulmanas sobre a circuncisão feminina
This study of anthropological nature regards agressive practices imposed upon the feminine body in Muslim and Arab societies, namely genital cutting operations on women performed not for therapeutic reasons but to comform to an anatomical ideal compatible with specific cultural patterns. Conceptions like modesty, promiscuity and feminine sexuality shown in t
Publicado em: 2008
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2. Molecular Epidemiology of the virus of the imunodeficiência human being type 1 (HIV-1) in cities of the interior of the State of Rio de Janeiro, with emphasis in the cities of Miracema, Santo Antonio de Pádua and Saquarema, 2001 the 2006. / Epidemiologia Molecular do Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana Tipo 1 (HIV-1) em Municípios do Interior do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, com Ênfase nas Cidades de Miracema, Santo Antonio de Pádua e Saquarema, 2001 a 2006.
The AIDS epidemic in Brazil is spreading from the large urban centers to small cities and the innermost parts of the country, yet data on the features of HIV-1 infection in these places are scarce. Such spread is expected to pose formidable medical, social and logistic challenges. By using mainly HIV-1 envelope and polymerase genomic regions, the studies tha
Publicado em: 2007
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3. Urogenital involvement in the Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome: treatment options and results
OBJECTIVE: Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome (KTWS) is a congenital condition characterized by vascular malformations of the capillary, venous and lymphatic systems associated to soft tissue and bone hypertrophy in the affected areas. This syndrome may involve bladder, kidney, urethra, ureter and genitals. We report the treatment of 7 KTWS patients with uroge
International braz j urol. Publicado em: 2006-12
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4. Estudo do parceiro masculino de casais infectados pelo virus da papiloma humano : aspectos epidemiologicos e clinicos
Trough specific anamnesis, peniscopy and biopsy of lesions and suspected areas, 562 male partners of women diagnosed with human genital papillomavirus were studied. 238 of them (42,3%) had lesions at peniscopy. Koilocitosis was found in 187 (78,5%) patients. The women s male partners who also had their diagnosis confirmed through biopsy predominated among th
Publicado em: 1997
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5. Yeasts and circumcision in the male.
Sixty-six circumcised men and 69 uncircumcised men, both heterosexual and homosexual, had specimens taken from the coronal sulcus and meatus of the penis. Yeasts were isolated at similar rates in both the circumcised (14%) and uncircumcised (17%) men. The circumcised men had significantly fewer symptoms (P = 0-0058). Therefore the female partners of both cir