No difference in keratin thickness between inner and outer foreskins from elective male circumcisions in Rakai, Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Dinh, Minh H ^a,f   Hirbod, Taha ^b,f   Kigozi, Godfrey ^c,f   Okocha, Eneniziaogochukwu A ^a,f   Cianci, Gianguido C ^a,f   Kong, Xiangrong ^e,f   Prodger, Jessica L ^d,f   Broliden, Kristina ^b,f   Kaul, Rupert ^d,f   Serwadda, David ^e,f   Wawer, Maria J ^d,f   Gray, Ronald H ^d,f   Hope, Thomas J ^a,f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FRENAR BAND; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNER FORESKIN; KERATIN THICKNESS; KERATINIZATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; OUTER FORESKIN; PREPUCE; PROPHYLAXIS; STAINING; UGANDA;

ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FORESKIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UGANDA;

EID: 84863995629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041271     Document Type: Article

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