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Sex Differences and Frailty
Whether sex influences susceptibility to health deficits is well studied. The presence of sex differences in frailty is largely influenced by the...
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Varying Viewpoints on Sex Differences
Conceptual deficiencies, the surprising claim of no math test score sex differences, and other efforts to understand or explain math and other sex...
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Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics and Sex Differences
Pharmacokinetics (PK) refers to the process in which a drug is absorbed from the route of administration to the systemic circulation, distributed,...
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Sex/Gender Differences in Respiratory Diseases
Sex/gender-specific differences in the respiratory system begin with intrauterine lung development and continue throughout childhood and adulthood....
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Sex Differences in Pharmacokinetics
Because women have been excluded from most clinical trials, assessment of sex differences in pharmacokinetics is available for a minority of...
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Children with Differences in Sex Development Taking a Multidisciplinary Management Approach
This manual covers all possible aspects of managing a child with differences in sex development, an entity easily missed by the unsuspecting...
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Sex/Gender Differences in Liver Diseases
Understanding the impact of sex and gender differences on health and diseases is crucial for individualized health management and patient information...
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Sex Differences in Vascular Function
Sex is an important biological variable that impacts several organism functions at the genetic, molecular, and cellular levels. Sex differences are...
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Sex/Gender Differences in Arrhythmia
Men and women exhibit distinct structural and electrophysiological characteristics, which underlie variations in epidemiological features, disease...
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Sex Differences in Brain Function and Dysfunction
Does sex matter when it comes to brain function? This volume attempts to answer this very important question which is of relevance to the disciplines...
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Sex/Gender Differences in Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) refers to a group of neurological disorders that affect movement, posture, and coordination. CP is caused by damage to the brain...
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Sex Differences in Social Cognition
Several studies have demonstrated sex differences in empathy and social abilities. This chapter reviews studies on sex differences in the brain,...
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Sex Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis
In recent years, the study of sex difference in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been a rapidly increasing topic of research. Men and women have distinct...
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Sex/Gender Differences in Heart Failure
Sex/gender differences exist in the clinical presentation, prognosis, underlying causes, risk factors, pathophysiology, and treatment response of...
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Sex/Gender Differences in Obesity
Sex differences exist in adipocyte function and accumulation. Men tend to accumulate more visceral fatvisceral fat, which contributes to the male...
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Sex/Gender Differences in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Diseases
To date, studies on gender differences between males and females in gastrointestinal diseases in children and adolescents are still lacking. In...
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Sex/Gender Differences in Depression and Anxiety Disorders
Depression and anxiety disorders are prevalent mental health conditions that exhibit sex/gender differences in their incidence and clinical...
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Sex/Gender Differences in the Diseases
Biological and sociocultural factors related to sex and gender interact to influence noncommunicable diseases. However, as individuals enter...
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Sex/Gender Differences in Parkinson’s Disease
The impacts of risk factors for developing Parkinson’s disease exhibit sex/gender differences. The global incidence of Parkinson’s disease is 1.5...
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Sex Differences in the Human Skin
The male and female skin differ in many ways. The skin is thicker in males than in females in all age groups, while subcutaneous tissue is thicker in...
