Females and males differ in the energy consumption and nutritional requirements which are
based on the interactions between environmental factors and sex hormones (1). The studies …

This account of the mechanisms of scleroderma highlights the genetic and molecular
changes that cause the vascular changes and fibrosis in the disease. The role of …

This presentation of the diseases of the placenta differs in many ways from the first such
treatment in these volumes by the eminent Robert Meyer. It is a deliberate attempt to bring …

Fetal DNA has been detected in maternal plasma during pregnancy. We investigated the
clearance of circulating fetal DNA after delivery, using quantitative PCR analysis of the sex …

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neurotoxic state accompanied
by a unique brain imaging pattern typically associated with a number of complex clinical …

ObjectivePeripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare life-threatening cardiomyopathy of
unknown cause that occurs in the peripartum period in previously healthy women. In April …

Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains a vexing and dangerous complication of
allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Mild forms of chronic GVHD are often manageable with …

It's obvious why only men develop prostate cancer and why only women get ovarian cancer.
But it is not obvious why women are more likely to recover language ability after a stroke …

Sexual dimorphism in anatomical, physiological and behavioural traits are characteristics of
many vertebrate species. In humans, sexual dimorphism is also observed in the prevalence …

From the clinical standpoint, systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by skin and internal
organ fibrosis, diffuse fibroproliferative vascular modifications, and autoimmunity. Clinical …