Penile agenesis or aphallia is a rare congenital anomaly occurring with a frequency of 1:10 -1:30 million newborns. Fewer than 100 cases have been reported worldwide. Associated urogenital malformations and the presence of oligohydramnios with pulmonary hypoplasia determine the infant's viability. Extra-urogenital anomalies have been described in the cardiovascular, gastro-intestinal and muscul...

Schistosoma haematobium is the etiologic agent for urogenital schistosomiasis, a major source of morbidity and mortality for more than 112 million people worldwide. Infection with S. haematobium results in a variety of immunopathologic sequelae caused by parasite oviposition within the urinary tract, which drives inflammation, hematuria, fibrosis, bladder dysfunction, and increased susceptibili...

Gene targeting experiments have shown that the murine Hoxa-13 and Hoxd-13 paralogous genes control skeletal patterning in the distal region of the developing limbs. However, both genes are also expressed in the terminal part of the digestive and urogenital tracts during embryogenesis and postnatal development. Here, we report the abnormalities occuring in these systems in Hoxa-13(-/-) and Hoxa-...

BACKGROUND To survey genitourinary (GU) organ injury following general trauma, we performed an epidemiologic study of urogenital injuries in trauma patients referred to our hospital (a teaching hospital affiliated with the Zahedan University of Medical Sciences). OBJECTIVES We aimed to assess the epidemiology of urogenital system injuries in southeastern Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS From Apri...

METHODS One hundred and eighty-one parkinsonian patients were evaluated to determine if urogenital symptoms at presentation to the Neurology clinic can differentiate them as PD or MSA-P. An autonomic questionnaire was used to document urinary and genital symptoms. RESULTS Mean age at presentation and disease duration in PD and MSA-P were similar. Urinary symptoms occurred twice as frequently ...

OBJECTIVE To establish a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol for the detection of urogenital C trachomatis infection and to compare it with the detection in cell culture. SPECIMENS Urethral specimens were collected from 62 male patients and cervical specimens from 106 female patients. SETTING Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg. METHODS U...

Urogenital infections are extremely prevalent during pregnancy and are an important cause of premature labor. However, the prevalence of urogenital infections during childbirth is not well known. Objective. Identify urogenital infections present at the beginning of labor in both full-term and preterm pregnancies. Study Design. Ninety-four women were admitted to the inpatient maternity clinic of...

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization, in the year 2009, renamed Schistosomiasis haematobium disease, urinary schistosomiasis, as urogenital schistosomiasis. This study, sought to determine whether urogenital schistosomiasis endemic community members were aware of the broadened scope of the disease and associated certain reproductive health related signs and symptoms to S. haematobium infect...

Reporting of clinical trials results for Proteflazid® in the drug formulation suppositories and vaginal swabs soaked in the solution of the drug to the local immunity of the female reproductive tract. AIM The aim of study was to examine the state of local immunity in the reproductive tract of women with sexually transmitted diseases caused by human papillomavirus, herpes viruses (Type 1, 2) a...