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Journal articles on the topic "Homosexual references"

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Nordahl, Richard. "Ronald Dworkin and the Defense of Homosexual Rights." Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence 8, no. 1 (January 1995): 19–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0841820900003064.

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For years Ronald Dworkin has been a leading academic defender of individual rights. The political and jurisprudential theory underlying his defense has had enormous influence. Defense of the rights of homosexuals has been a prominent theme in his writings. In 1966 he published his well-known critique of Lord Devlin’s critical essay on the Wolfenden’s Committee’s recommendations that sexual relations in private between consenting homosexual adults be de-criminalized (reprinted in 1978b, ch. 10). In recent writings, he has condemned key rulings by American courts that denied certain basic rights to homosexuals. References to the rights of homosexuals are made in many of his works. But nowhere does Dworkin present a developed argument for homosexual rights. He appears to think that support for the rights of homosexuals follows naturally from his political-legal theory. But does it? If so, how? And how adequate is such a defense?

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Parkinson, R. B. "‘Homosexual’ Desire and Middle Kingdom Literature." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 81, no. 1 (December 1995): 57–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030751339508100111.

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Sexual activity is a constant feature of human society, but sexuality has to be studied as a distinct cultural construct. It is articulated in texts and other cultural artefacts. Extant references to sexual acts between men in Middle Kingdom texts are few. In religious and commemorative texts such acts were presented as aggressive, but literary works accommodated a recognition of ‘homosexual’ desire. Two conclusions are suggested from this: that sexual relationships between men were considered irregular by the literate elite, and that the decorum of official texts differed from that of literary (fictional) texts. Three works in particular are discussed: the Teaching of Ptahhotep, the Tale of Horus and Seth, and the Tale of Neferkare and Sasenet.

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Andri, A. "Survey of knowledge, attitude and behavior of homosexual seminar's audiences." European Psychiatry 26, S2 (March 2011): 510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72217-9.

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ObjectiveTo know about knowledge, act and behavior of homosexual seminar audience about homosexual behavior.MethodThis was a cross sectional survey. Participants were chosen by purposive sampling method. Survey was conducted using list of questionnaires which was made according to references used in the seminar presentation.ResultOne hundred and sixty five participants conducted the survey. There were 77 males (46.7%) and 88 females (53.3%). The mean of age of the participants was 21.22 (SD 3.7). Most of the participants were college students (147 students, 89.1%) and never married before (96.4%). Sixty six participants (40%) said that homosexual behavior was induced by environmental situation, fifty eight participants (35.2%) said that it was a biological factor and rest of them did not answer the question. One hundred and four (63%) participants said that homosexual behavior could be cured, twenty four of participants (16.4%) said it could not be cured and the rest of them said did not have any idea. More than half of participants (87 participants, 52.7%) said that homosexual behavior was a mental disorder and most of the participants (87 participants, 79.4%) said that homosexual behavior need to be cured. Most of the participants said that they felt fine if they meet and talked with homosexual man or woman, nineteen participants felt afraid, ten participants felt disgust and twenty five participants felt pity on them.ConclusionMost of the participants considered homosexual behavior as mental disorder and need to be cured.

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Babu, Chitra Sharma, Suni Vitharana, and Stephen P. Higgins. "Primary syphilis presenting as balanitis." International Journal of STD & AIDS 18, no. 7 (July 1, 2007): 497–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/095646207781147346.

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The classical lesion of primary syphilis is a solitary, indurated, painless chancre. Atypical presentations, such as herpetiform ulceration, are well recognized. However, there are few references in the medical literature to primary syphilis presenting as balanitis or balanoposthitis. We report two cases of primary syphilitic balanitis in homosexual men.

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Steyn, GJ. "Riglyne vir ‘n verantwoordelike Nuwe-Testamentiese verstaan in die homoseksualiteitsdebat. Deel 2: Nuwe Testamentiese tekste." Verbum et Ecclesia 28, no. 2 (November 17, 2007): 622–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v28i2.124.

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This is the second of two contributions that are asking how the New Testament could be used in a responsible manner in the debate about homosexuality. After an introductory discussion about the possibility that the NT writings provide us with guidelines, the five passages used in the debate are briefly surveyed. It is suggested that 1 Cor 6:9-11 might be understood against the backdrop of the existing cults and religious practices that were found in 1st century Corinth. Some guidelines are then formulated in order to proceed to a more responsible handling of the NT in the debate. Apart from an acknowledgment of the diversity of terms that are used, it is clear that immorality is closely connected with the idolatry and in association with homosexual behaviour. Homosexuality was thus closely linked with idolatry, immorality and perversity in the ancient NT socio-religious world. It is clear that there are no references to homosexual orientation as a sexual identity, on the one hand, and that the NT unequivocally rejects homosexual behaviour in a range of different forms, on the other hand. It is not possible to talk unqualifiedly about homosexuality any more.

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Martin, Dale B. "Heterosexism and the Interpretation of Romans 1:18-32." Biblical Interpretation 3, no. 3 (1995): 332–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156851595x00177.

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AbstractThis article, concentrating on two articles by Richard Hays, critiques recent interpretations of Rom. 1:18-32. Modern interpreters, influenced more by particularly modern forms of heterosexism and its construction of homosexuality, desire, and "nature" than by a straightforward historical-critical reading of Paul's letter, portray Paul as referring to the "Fall" of Genesis 1-3 in Romans 1. Paul, it is assumed, takes homosexuality to be a sign of "humanity's fallen state." These interpreters, therefore, inscribe homosexual desire into universal fallen humanity in a way that Paul does not do. For one thing, Paul is referring not to the Fall in Romans 1 but to the invention of idolatry and polytheism by the Gentiles; homosexual intercourse is therefore not a symptom of "the Fall" but of Gentile polytheism. For another, Paul is not giving an etiology of homosexual desire, which for him as for most ancients was not different from heterosexual desire, but an etiology of homosexual intercourse. Furthermore, modern scholars misconstrue Paul's references to "nature" and acts "contrary to nature" because they import into Paul's discourse particularly modern notions of "natural" and "unnatural" not available in the ancient world. Heterosexist scholars interpret Paul the way they do not because they are simply and objectively "reading the text," as they claim, but because of their implication in homophobia, a particularly modern ideological system that constructs desire, "nature," and sexuality in particular ways.

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Linder, Daniel. "The Censorship of Sex: A Study of Raymond Chandl er’s The Big Sleep in Franco’s Spain." TTR : traduction, terminologie, rédaction 17, no. 1 (December 22, 2005): 155–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/011977ar.

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Abstract During the period when General Francisco Franco ruled Spain (1936-1975), official censorship kept a watch on all books that were published in the country. The main objective of this censorship was to conceal from the Spanish people political manifestations that might be ultimately threatening for the dictatorial government politically. However, under heavy influence of the Catholic Church, the censors also veiled for the moral health of the Spanish people by intervening in all matters of sexual morality, decency, obscenity and vulgarity. Research has shown that during this period censors were as vigilant for sexual content as they were vigilant for political content. In this study I will examine censorship and sex by studying Raymond Chandler’s first novel, The Big Sleep (1939) and the three Spanish-language translations published during this period (1949, 1958, 1972). Chandler’s novel contains no potential political offenses to Franco’s Regime and its allies, but it does contain references to male homosexuals, scenes of female nudity, and sexually suggestive dialogues involving the detective and a female character. All of the Spanish versions were censored, whether by government censors or the translators/editors prior to presenting the manuscript to the censors. I will discuss the government-censored and self-censored passages in the Spanish versions of the novel, and show that all of the references to the homosexual characters, much of the nudity, and many of the sexually-suggestive dialogues have been manipulated and/or suppressed, producing undesirable and often unexpected effects.

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Cameron, Paul, and Kirk Cameron. "Children of Homosexual Parents Report Childhood Difficulties." Psychological Reports 90, no. 1 (February 2002): 71–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2002.90.1.71.

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Referenced as both supporting and weakening the case for parenting by homosexuals, 57 life-story narratives of children with homosexual parents published by Rafkin in 1990 and Saffron in 1996 were subjected to content analysis. Children mentioned one or more problems or concerns in 48 (92%) of 52 families. Of the 213 scored problems, 201 (94%) were attributed to the homosexual parent(s). Older daughters in at least 8 (27%) of 30 families and older sons in at least 2 (20%) of 10 families described themselves as homosexual or bisexual. These findings are inconsistent with propositions that children of homosexuals do not differ appreciably from those who live with married parents or that children of homosexuals are not more apt to engage in homosexuality.

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Janssen, Diederik F. "Stepchild of Psychoanalysis: ‘Paedophilia’ in Early Psychodynamic Thought." Psychoanalysis and History 20, no. 1 (April 2018): 59–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/pah.2018.0246.

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Mainstream theorizing of paedophilia from the mid-1920s through to mid-1960, and even into the 1980s, was importantly psychodynamically oriented. The early history of the concept of paedophilia in early psychodynamic thought is problematic, however. Extant historical references are not without problems of their own, and have suffered from a lack of insight in the wider history of sexuality at this point of ‘erotic age preferences’. Review of primary sources highlights several contemporaneous interfaces of early psychodynamic theory: with the established forensic psychology of perpetrators of child sexual abuse; Krafft-Ebing's specific aetiological concept of age fetishism; early study and typologies of homosexual age preferences; emergent and divergent ideas about psychosexual infantilism; and strikingly late empirical attention to the psychiatry of the perpetrator of intergenerational incest.

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Bantekas, Ilias. "Discrimination against LGBTI Persons on the Basis of Scripture: What Did Ancient Church Scholarship Really Say?" Religion & Human Rights 16, no. 1 (March 23, 2021): 41–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18710328-bja10016.

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Abstract This article seeks to examine homosexuality from the lens of two particular ancient Christian writers, namely Paul the Apostle and Maximus the Confessor. Both were fervent missionaries and did not perceive their writings as doctrinal or philosophical, but merely practical and a defence against other heretical teachings. Even so, contemporary scholars recognise a great profoundness and innovation in their theology. Paul’s references to homosexuality consist of only three or four sentences, whereas Maximus does not discuss the issue directly, given his preoccupation with matters pertaining to the nature of Christ, which at the time were fiercely contested among various Christian groups. The purpose of the article is to examine scriptural references to homosexuality from the perspective of the spiritual context in which they are made, rather than the canonical, ethical or social perspectives to which most scholars and civil society—whether in favour or against—refer to. Homosexuality in the sense of sexual orientation is unknown at the time and even so it is not specifically singled out. Paul seems to be specifically chastising exploitative sexual actions and relationships, whether homosexual or heterosexual.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Homosexual references"

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Leathers, Jane M. "CRACKING THE LINZ CIRCLE'S SECRET CODES: A SINGER'S GUIDE TO ALTERNATE INTERPRETATIONS OF SCHUBERT LIEDER." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1151698767.

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De, Boer Kyle Dylan. "Queer transgressions : the choreographing of a male homosexual presence with reference to selected choreographers." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009442.

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Queer Transgressions: The choreographing of a male homosexual presence with reference to selected choreographers explores queer identity and in particular representations of a male homosexual presence in dance. Within the methodological framework of dance studies and queer theory I explore the ―self fashioning‖ of my male homosexual presence in dance. This is achieved by critically deconstructing my choreographic process when making choreography. Therefore this thesis is informed by both academic research and my self-reflexive experience of choreography and dance performance. The deconstruction of my autobiography and choreographic process is discussed with reference to both international and South African queer choreographers. This means that by accounting for my own experiences and approaches toward representing a male homosexual presence in dance, I explore the history and engagements of other queer choreographers also creating such representations. I therefore examine the works of selected choreographers and chart the development of the representation of a male homosexual presence in dance. By exploring the choreographic process of other queer choreographers I identify choreographic tactics that queer choreographers are using when making work. From this point of departure I shift the focus away from international queer choreographers and provide insight into the choreographic processes of South African queer choreographers. By accounting for the works and choreographic processes of South African choreographers, I provide a context in which my choreographic explorations on the subject matter can take place. This choreographic exploration manifests itself through a self-reflexive/autobiographic account on the research and practice of my choreographic process. During my choreographic exploration I set the challenge to both engage with and explore further, established ―queering tactics. This is done with the intention to reveal and create representations of a male homosexual presence in dance.

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Hurlstone, Nigel. "The relationship between installation art practice and the presentation of history with particular reference to the Nazi oppression of homosexuality 1933-1945." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324143.

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Isaacs, Gordon Michael. "The growth of homosexual identity : an empirical study from a social work perspective of crisis in sexual identity experienced by a sample of homosexual persons in Cape Town, with special reference to cultural factors." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17111.

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This study seeks to investigate the nature of homosexual identity and its development, to explore the manifestation and incidence of crisis among homosexuals, and to determine the relationships between crisis and homosexual identity growth. Furthermore, it attempts to identify the idiosyncratic features of the South African "gay experience" and to examine the way such experience impinges on homosexual identity development. Given the gravity of the recent phenomenon of AIDS and its increasing appearance, the study extends to an investigation of AIDS, and its link with crisis and homosexual identity. Finally, the study seeks to indicate how Social Work may address the diverse needs of the gay collective, including strategies to deal with AIDS. The study employs a combination of methodological techniques which include the application of clinical case material, an extensive survey of research literature, a newspaper inquiry, participant observation, random interviews and a mailed questionnaire. (This questionnaire was designed to tap information with regard to demographic profiles, the unfolding of sexual identity, "coming out", crisis, and attitudes towards a local South African gay organisation.) It presented a choice between fixed alternative items but also elicited open-ended commentary. A forty-eight percent response rate was received to the mailed questionnaire. On the basis of research, the writer has developed a theoretical model of homosexual identity growth which comprises various developmental stages ranging from early infancy to late adulthood. The study concludes that homosexual identity growth is a dynamic and on-going process catalysed by the interaction between self, society, and sub-culture. Homosexual identity is strongly linked to the gay sub-culture which presents a classic double-bind; it acts as a symbolic family for the homosexual person but it also perpetuates the expression of behaviours and emotions which are externally regarded as non-legitimate. Hence, crisis is universally experienced by homosexuals as part of their process of identity development, and is usually associated with "coming out". Crisis can be expressed in egocentric (internal) or sociocentric (external) terms, and may occur at any stage. The level of self-acceptance and self-esteem varies with each individual, and personal fantasy, as a core element of sexuality, is a key indicator of the extent of identity resolution.

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CHEN, WANG-TING, and 陳婉庭. "Family Dilemmas and Self Identification in Homosexual Literature:With Reference to the 90's Taiwanese Novels." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46z85s.

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No matter how the society change after such a long time, it is always very hard for the homosexual to come out to their family. Parents who might be open-minded usually turn out to be overreacted when it comes to this sensitive issue; on the other hand, being afraid of misunderstanding might cause the homosexual choose to keep their silence. It is a plight need to weigh why the homosexual should or should not make it public if there might be a potential family storm waiting for them. And if, finally, the answer is certain, then comes to the second page: “when” and “how” to say out loud? Literature of homosexuality was all the rage in the 90s, and a lot of plots surrounding with family social space reveal a strong influence of the other family members on the homosexual and the care of the homosexual to their family. The article focus on the 90s’ novel to find out the struggle of the homosexual have, discuss the changing image of family social space in different age and compare the situation in family before and after their coming out. Finally, the article concludes with the change in the 90s writing direction and the new development of homosexuality in literature. Key Words: Homosexual, Family, Coming Out

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Books on the topic "Homosexual references"

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Mécary, Caroline. Les droits des homosexuel/les. 3rd ed. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2003.

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Mécary, Caroline. Les droits des homosexuel/les. 2nd ed. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1998.

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Osborn, Derek. Male minority groups and leisure with particular reference to homosexual and bisexual men. Birmingham: University of Birmingham, 1989.

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Gay and lesbian issues: A reference handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2003.

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The Bible and homosexuality in Zimbabwe: A socio-historical analysis of the political, cultural and Christian arguments in the homosexual public debate with special reference to the use of the Bible. Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, 2010.

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Hidalgo, Hilda. Lesbian and Gay Issues: A ressource manual for Social Workers. Silver Spring, Maryland: National Association of Social Workers, 1985.

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Leck, Ralph M. The Epistemic Politics of Nature. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252040009.003.0003.

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This chapter continues the narrative focus on the Ulrichs–Kertbeny comradeship. Ulrichs' and Kertbeny's campaign for homosexual rights is interpreted as a cultural battle over the civic meaning of truth-claims about nature. Ulrichs based his demand for homosexual rights on the moral authority of nature. In contrast to Victorian amatory codes deriding homosexuality, Ulrichs insisted that there is no such thing as an unnatural love. Kertbeny savaged this logic claiming that references to nature had no place in the political fight for sexual equality. He eventually broke his ties with Ulrichs due to their insoluble disagreement about the strategic function of natural discourses in a post-Prussian politics. Despite their falling out, Ulrichs and Kertbeny both believed that the purpose of sexual science was to inform citizens of the existence of sexual variance.

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Young, Ian. Male Homosexual in Literature: A Bibliography Supplement. ReQueered Tales, 2020.

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Young, Ian. Male Homosexual in Literature: A Bibliography Supplement. ReQueered Tales, 2020.

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sais-je?, Que, Caroline Mécary, and Géraud de La Pradelle. Les droits des homosexuel/les. Presses Universitaires de France - PUF, 2003.

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Book chapters on the topic "Homosexual references"

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Bos, David J. "Hellish Evil, Heavenly Love: A Long-Term History of Same-Sex Sexuality and Religion in the Netherlands." In Public Discourses About Homosexuality and Religion in Europe and Beyond, 21–58. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56326-4_2.

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AbstractThis chapter offers an overview of changes in Dutch perceptions of, and attitudes toward, same-sex sexuality and the part religion played in them. It discusses landmark events and publications from 1730—when “sodomy” became a public issue—until the present. It describes the evolution of discourse on same-sex sexuality, with special reference to the earliest publications on “homosexuality,” alias “Uranism,” which often referred to religion. In the twentieth century, Roman Catholic and Protestant opposition to homosexual emancipation gradually gave way to sympathy, and in the 1960s some pastors were vocal advocates of acceptance. In the early 1970s, homosexuality became a doctrinal issue, a religious identity marker. Polarization was exacerbated in the late 1970s, which saw the rise of both the gay and lesbian movement and religious fundamentalism. “Discursive associations” between religion—including Judaism and Islam—and homosexuality are brought to light partly by means of quantitative content analysis of newspapers.

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Hawthorne, Melanie C. "“Comment Peut-on Etre Homosexuel?”: Multinational (In)Corporation and the Frenchness of Salomé." In Women, Citizenship, and Sexuality, 11–36. Liverpool University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781789628128.003.0002.

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Drawing on the discourse surrounding the perceived "Frenchness" of Oscar Wilde's play Salomé, the chapter focuses on isomorphic thinking and the way sexuality and nationality were thought of in similar ways in the nineteenth century. This structural similarity facilitated the formation of a gay male community, since men could use references to national belonging as a model for identity and a code for mutual recognition. But women had no such claim to citizenship in their own right, thus this paradigm applied only to men.

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Conference papers on the topic "Homosexual references"

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WAJIMA, T. "THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDRGME(AIDS)-RELATED COMPLEXES:RESOLUTION DURING HERPES VIRAL INFECTION." In XIth International Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Schattauer GmbH, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1644145.

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Immune thrombocytopenia has been recognized as a major hematologic manifestation associated with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome(AIDS) and AIDS-related complexes. The mechanism of thrombocytopenia in human immune deficiency virus infection is probably multifactorial.. The role of platelet-associated immuno-globulin(PAIgG)and circulating immune complexes(CIC) in mediating thrombocytopenia is controversial.. We experienced a case in which immune thrombocytopenia in AIDS-related complexes resolved during herpes zoster infection. A 37 y.o. white homosexual male with AIDS-related complexes and thrombocytopenia presented a 4-day history of painful, violaceous, non-pruritic vesicles which started on the right arm and hand, which then progressed to the chest wall, abdomen, back, and left arm. Peripheral lymphadenop-athy and splenomegaly was not noted. On admission WBG 13.5 Hct 40.8, platelet 46,000, Tzanck smear of vesicles revealed herpetic type giant cells. HTLV-III pos., Helper/suppressor T-cell ratio 0.3, Total protein 7.9 gm%, . Alb 3.95gm% IgG 1740 mg%, IgA 157 mg IgM 91.2 mg, Monospot neg., HBsAg Neg., HBsAb pos., HBcAb pos., VDRL neg. Before this admission, immune thrombocytopenia was documented by increased levels of PAIgG, CIC, bone marrow magakaryocytic hyperplasia, peripheral thrombocytopenia with giant platelets, absence of splenomegaly, and response to prednisone. He was treated with Acyclovir 250 mg/m2 1-hr infusion Q8h for 9 days ;to control the spread of his herpes infection. Recovery of thrombocytopenia wasobserved during herpes zo.ster infection. The platelet count rose to 158,000 and sustained over 4- weeks. Duringnormalization of platelet count thelevel of GIC (assayed by Raji cells, reference ranges, less than 12) droppedfrom 300 to less than 12 and PAIgG(fluorescence-activated flow cytometric assay, reference ranges, less than 1.5 RF) was markedly decreased from 90 to 2.9 When herpes infection had subsided the platelet count again decreased. These findings suggestthat PAIgG and GIG were contributing factors to immune thrombocytopenia and that herpes viral infection and Acyclovir altered this immunologically mediated thrombocytopenia in AIDS-related complexes.

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