Impact of HIV infection on cervical intraepithelial neoplasia detection in pregnant and non-pregnant women in Germany: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: Women living with HIV (WLWH) are frequently affected by cervical dysplasia caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and invasive cervical cancer (CxCa). CxCa screening programs can include colposcopy, cytology, and HPV testing. These methods, however, have limitations in effectively stratifying cervical dysplasia.

Diseases Affecting Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals With Trisomy 21.

Background: The life expectancy of individuals with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome, DS) has risen to more than 60 years over the past few decades. As a result, diseases arising in mid and later life have become an issue of major concern in the care of individuals with DS. This article discusses and summarizes, from a multidisciplinary perspective, the diseases commonly affecting this population.

[Hypermethioninemia. Apropos of a case in a consanguineous couple].

We describe a female child from a consanguineous marriage (uncle-niece) with hypermethioninemia and hypermethioninuria without homocystinuria. She had several signs and symptoms previously undescribed in this pathology as growth retardation, generalized hypotonia, digestive disturbances, white skin, hypochromia of iris, thin, sparse and blond scalp hair. The pedigree suggests an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern.