Vestibulodynia (former vulvar vestibulitis): personality in affected women.

Aim: There are very few studies regarding the personality in women suffering from vestibulodynia. Our former results showed increased levels of depression and state anxiety in these women (and their partners). In order to optimize treatment of these patients we wanted to assess personality and its association with depression and anxiety.

Dysregulation of TAp63 mRNA and protein levels in psoriasis.

Psoriasis is a chronic and excessive inflammation of the skin and is currently incurable. The cause of psoriasis remains poorly understood and a central and cooperative role for keratinocytes and T-cells in triggering the disease is highlighted. The p63 gene encodes six different proteins with homology to the tumor suppressor protein p53 that are crucial for normal development of ectodermally derived structures such as skin and oral mucosa.

[Mycoplasma genitalium should be suspected in unspecific urethritis and cervicitis. A study from Vasterbotten confirms the high prevalence of the bacteria].

The microbe Mycoplasma genitalium has in several studies been proposed as an individual cause of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) in men, and has been associated with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and salpingitis. The prevalence of M genitalium has generally been 50-90% of the prevalence of C trachomatis, and this seems to be the case in Sweden as well. This is the first study of the pathogenesis and prevalence of M genitalium in northern Sweden.