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Query: UMLS:C0020505 (hyperphagia)
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A Chinese man with Kleine-Levin syndrome showed evidence of hypothalamic disturbance and damage to the limbic system. He has been free from symptoms of hypersomnia and hyperphagia for 15 years, but now suffers from ejaculatory impotence which is discussed in the light of aetiological theories of this puzzling disorder.
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PMID:Kleine-Levin syndrome 15 years later. 280 55

This is a general survey of pertinent topics concerning female sterilization in France in question and answer format. Sterilization is not outdated as a result of modern contraception because now more women desire efficient contraception. There is no French law against female sterilization, but the case for men is not as clear. Examples of gynecologic, obstetrical, medical, genetic, psychosocial, and extramedical indications were listed. 5 types of tubal sterilization and 4 routes were described: mini-laparotomy and celioscopy are popular in France, but colpotomy and the inguinal route are rare. Sterilization is preferred immediately after delivery or in the puerperium. Failures range from 1:2000 for Irving procedure, to a maximum in those sterilized just after delivery. Hysterectomy is not recommended because of risk of neurosis. Tubal sterilization can be reversed in 27-75% of cases. Much discussion was devoted to psychological sequelae of sterilization in French women, such as frigidity, depression, guilt, regret, nervousness, cancerophobia, overeating, some of which occur in half of the patients. These frustrations were blamed on cultural and religious taboos. French physicians were urged not to sterilize women under 30, with fewer than 3 children, of Moslem, Jewish or Catholic faith, with poor acceptance of feminity, excessive maternal instinct, or poor marital adjustment. Male sterilization was not recommended, because the side effects of impotence and depression are unacceptable.
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PMID:[Female surgical sterilization]. 1233 4