Testosterone replacement in androgen insensitivity: is there an advantage?

Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome in Three Sisters

An analysis of testosterone implants for androgen replacement therapy.

OBJECTIVE To review 13 years of experience using fused crystalline testosterone implants for androgen replacement therapy in order to identify pattern of usage (including continuation rates) and adverse events emerging during therapy and factors associated with adverse events including implant extrusions. DESIGN Retrospective review of prospectively collected data on characteristics of patien...

Is There an Islamist Political Advantage?

There is a widespread presumption that Islamists have an advantage over their opponents when it comes to generating mass appeal and winning elections. The question remains, however, as to whether these advantages-or, what we refer to collectively as an Islamist political advantage-actually exist. We argue that-to the extent that Islamists have a political advantage-the primary source of this ad...

Hormone replacement treatment choices in complete androgen insensitivity syndrome: an audit of an adult clinic

OBJECTIVE To review the treatment choices of women with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS) at a single tertiary centre. DESIGN Retrospective review. PATIENTS Women with CAIS identified from our database. RESULTS The study group comprised 141 women with CAIS. Eleven percent (16/141) of women had gonads in situ, 3 of whom were under workup for gonadectomy. The age of gonadectom...

Is there an in-group advantage in emotion recognition?

H. A. Elfenbein and N. Ambady (2002) examined the evidence for an in-group advantage in emotion recognition, whereby recognition is generally more accurate for perceivers from the same cultural group as emotional expressors. D. Matsumoto's (2002) comment centered on 3 asserted methodological requirements. This response addresses the lack of consensus conceming these "requirements" and demonstra...