Clinical Onset Of Lupus Erythematosus In The Older Age Group

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Gendered Change and Continuity in China: Sex, Sexuality and Intimate Relationships in the Reform Period

China has experienced rapid economic and social change since the beginning of the 'Open Door' policy in 1978. Yet at the same time, the legacy of the Mao era remains and elements of Confucianism have been revived and circulate in the reform period (Hershatter, 1996; Rofel, 2007). As a result, traditional views concerning gender roles and sexual attitudes and practices persist within this environment of social and economic change. This thesis examines the ways young women in China consider sex, sexuality and intimate relationships in this context. Based on semi-structured interviews with forty-three young women in Shanghai, I investigate the theme of continuity and change in a period of economic and social transformation. Despite the Party-State rhetoric of equality, I consider how essentialist notions of femininity and masculinity are present in the reform period and contribute to the definition of womanhood. I also explore how sex continues to remain a sensitive topic, with young women positioned as sexual gatekeepers, responsible for negotiating and reconciling individual desires against wider societal sanctions. I examine the limited discourse of desire and sexual autonomy available to women and how this translates into a pragmatic approach in partner selection. My findings also reveal how marriage remains an expectation of all women (and men) and is the only legitimate context for sexual expression for women in the reform period. I contend that the norm of marriage is further reinforced through the stigmatization of unmarried women as shengnü. As a result of this changing economic and social environment and the pull of tradition, I argue that reform China offers young women a series of contradictory expectations when it comes to sex, sexuality and intimate relationships

MYCOPLASMA STUDIES OF HUMAN LEUKEMIA *

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Retrospective studies in scleroderma: Effect of potassium para-aminobenzoate on survival

Demographic and survival data are presented for 390 patients with scleroderma. For the entire group An estimated, 81.4% survived 5 years from diagnosis and 69.4% survived 10 years. Life-table analyses revealed that adequate treatment with potassium para-aminobenzoate (Potaba(R) KPAB) was associated with improved survival (p per se as a prognostic indicator: the greater the extent of skin involvement the poorer prognosis. Time from first diagnosis to first University Hospital visit or admission when included as a covariate did not influence survival.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/27502/1/0000546.pd

Esophageal motor abnormalities in scleroderma and related diseases

Esophageal motor activity was measured by intra-esophageal pressure recordings in 53 patients with scleroderma and 29 patients with other collagen diseases. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship of motor abnormalities to esophageal symptoms, to compare the abnormalities in scleroderma with those in other collagen diseases, and to try to increase understanding of the responsible mechanism. Methacholine was given to 36 of the 53 patients with scleroderma to confirm that the Mecholyl test is negative in scleroderma and to see whether intraluminal pressure changes accompany the resulting improvement in esophageal emptying.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44360/1/10620_2005_Article_BF02233564.pd