Sex Characteristics
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Persistence of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli Ulcer) in the historical focus of Kasongo Territory, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

30 Oct 2009 Fifty years after the last report of Mycobacterium ulcerans infections (Buruli ulcer [BU]) in Kasongo Territory, Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we conducted a small-scale cross-sectional survey to assess if this historical BU ... Read more...

Population seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in rural Bangladesh.

30 Oct 2009 Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes a substantial burden of sporadic and epidemic disease worldwide. HEV infections result in serious morbidity and mortality, especially among pregnant women, and have significant economic costs. Few population-based ... Read more...

Sex affects the steady-state pharmacokinetics of primaquine but not doxycycline in healthy subjects.

30 Oct 2009 We evaluated whether sex affects the steady-state pharmacokinetics of the antimalarial drugs, primaquine and doxycycline, in healthy subjects. Seventeen male and 17 female healthy Vietnamese subjects were administered 30 mg (base) of primaquine ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sex Characteristics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Persistence of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli Ulcer) in the historical focus of Kasongo Territory, the Democratic Republic of Congo. 30 Oct 2009
• Population seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in rural Bangladesh. 30 Oct 2009
• Sex affects the steady-state pharmacokinetics of primaquine but not doxycycline in healthy subjects. 30 Oct 2009
• Does finger fat produce sex differences in second to fourth digit ratios? 30 Oct 2009
• Effect of adipose tissue on the sexual dimorphism in metabolic flexibility. 30 Oct 2009
• Genetic and molecular insights into the development and evolution of sexual dimorphism. 30 Oct 2009
• Neuroendocrine and immune influences on the CNS: it's a matter of sex. 13 Oct 2009
• The epigenetics of sex differences in the brain. 12 Oct 2009
• Age-related changes in motor subtle signs among girls and boys with ADHD. 11 Oct 2009
• Fingers as a marker of prenatal androgen exposure. 7 Oct 2009
• Estrogen masculinizes neural pathways and sex-specific behaviors. 30 Sep 2009
• Sex on the brain. 30 Sep 2009
• Reexamining human origins in light of Ardipithecus ramidus. 30 Sep 2009
• Paleobiological implications of the Ardipithecus ramidus dentition. 30 Sep 2009
• Brief communication: Familial resemblance in digit ratio (2D:4D). 29 Sep 2009
• Size variation in early human mandibles and molars from Klasies River, South Africa: comparison with other middle and late Pleistocene assemblages and with modern humans. 29 Sep 2009
• Historiography and forensic analysis of the Fort King George "skull": craniometric assessment using the specific population approach. 29 Sep 2009
• Beyond Gorilla and Pongo: alternative models for evaluating variation and sexual dimorphism in fossil hominoid samples. 29 Sep 2009
• Age estimation from stages of union of the vertebral epiphyses of the ribs. 29 Sep 2009
• Sex differences in anthropoid mandibular canine lateral enamel formation. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Sex Characteristics'

Definition: Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction.

Descriptor UI: D012727

Alternative terms: Sex Characteristics; Characteristic, Sex; Characteristics, Sex; Sex Characteristic; Sex Dimorphism; Dimorphism, Sex; Dimorphisms, Sex; Sex Dimorphisms; Sex Differences; Difference, Sex; Differences, Sex; Sex Difference;

Related Mesh Headings: Sex;

Tree Number: G08.686.815;

Technical Notes: note SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATON; SEX DISTRIBUTION; and SEX FACTORS are also available