[Sexual and psychological well-being after female genital mutilation: a narrative systematic review].

Objective: A literature analysis on the effects of female genital mutilation (FGM) on sexual and psychological well-being.

Design: Narrative systematic review.

Method: In March 2016 we performed a search for relevant literature in the Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, PsycINFO and CINAHL.

Early changes in serum markers of cardiac extra-cellular matrix turnover in patients with uncomplicated hypertension and type II diabetes.

Aims: Extracellular matrix (ECM) turnover is a major determinant of diastolic dysfunction and pumping capacity, thus potentially contributing to the progression of congestive heart failure (CHF). Patients with both arterial hypertension and diabetes have a high risk of heart failure. Whether these patients have changes in cardiac ECM has not been studied previously.

IgE-binding and cross-reactivity of a new 41 kDa allergen of codfish.

Background: A 41-kDa IgE-reactive protein (p41) was purified from raw cod extract. This protein is homologous to an aldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase (APDH). The present study aims to evaluate the IgE-binding and the cross-reactivity of this protein in 13 patients allergic to codfish.

A new oligomeric parvalbumin allergen of Atlantic cod (Gad mI) encoded by a gene distinct from that of Gad cI.

Background: The major allergen of Baltic cod (Gadus callarias) is a 12.3-kDa parvalbumin with two calcium-binding sites corresponding to EF-hand motifs. Our group found a 24-kDa IgE-reactive band that was also recognized by a monoclonal antiparvalbumin antibody in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).