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W G Masius
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[Report on 6 patients with early syphilis and hepatitis].
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A neuroendocrine predisposition for homosexuality in men.
In male rats, androgen deficiency during a critical hypothalamic organizational period was shown to give rise to a predominantly female-differentiated brain, homosexual behavior, and demonstration of a positive estrogen feedback effect. A positive estrogen feedback effect was also induced in intact homosexual men in contrast to intact heterosexual and bisexual men. Thus in 21 homosexual men an intravenous injection of 20 mg Presomen (Premarin) produced a significant decrease of serum LH levels followed by an increase above initial LH values. In 20 heterosexual and in five bisexual men, by contrast, intravenous estrogen administration, while producing a significant decrease of the serum LH level, was not followed by an increase above the initial LH values. Using a radioimmunoassay, plasma testosterone levels and 24-hr urinary excretions of unconjugated testosterone of adult homosexual men were found to be in the normal range as observed in heterosexual men. This finding suggests that homosexual men possess a predominantly female-differentiated brain which may be activated to homosexual behavior by normal or approximately normal androgen levels in adulthood.
[Use of the direct FTA-ABS test in early syphilis patients].
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[Relations between clinically mainfested homosexuality and the estrogen-feedback effect].
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[Diagnosis of gonorrhea with the use of laboratory methods, inclusive specific Fluorescence Antibody Technic (FAT). I. Preparation of a specific gonococcus-antiserum (conjugat) and control with staining, cultural and biochemical methods].
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[Unspecific urethritis--forms, therapeutic possibilities and report of own clinical cases].
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