Lars Almroth

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Country: Sweden

Publications

  1. ncbi Primary infertility after genital mutilation in girlhood in Sudan: a case-control study
    Lars Almroth
    Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE 17176, Sweden
    Lancet 366:385-91. 2005
  2. ncbi Urogenital complications among girls with genital mutilation: a hospital-based study in Khartoum
    Lars Almroth
    Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, SE 17676 Stockholm, Sweden
    Afr J Reprod Health 9:118-24. 2005
  3. ncbi Genital mutilation of girls
    Lars Almroth
    Division of International Health IHCAR, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
    Womens Health (Lond Engl) 3:475-85. 2007
  4. ncbi Reliability of self reported form of female genital mutilation and WHO classification: cross sectional study
    Susan Elmusharaf
    Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, SE 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    BMJ 333:124. 2006
  5. ncbi Health complications of female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone
    Owolabi Bjälkander
    Division of Global Health, Department of Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Int J Womens Health 4:321-31. 2012
  6. ncbi Female genital mutilation among antenatal care and contraceptive advice attendees in Sweden
    Helena Litorp
    Division of International Health IHCAR, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 87:716-22. 2008
  7. ncbi [Genital mutilation of children is an offence. Do health services have a sufficient knowledge to see the problem?]
    Helena Holmgren
    Barn och Ungdomskliniken, Centralsjukhuset, Kristianstad
    Lakartidningen 102:1637-8, 1640, 1642-3. 2005
  8. ncbi Prevalence and determinants of the practice of genital mutilation of girls in Khartoum, Sudan
    Alia Satti
    Children s Emergency Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan
    Ann Trop Paediatr 26:303-10. 2006

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Publications8

  1. ncbi Primary infertility after genital mutilation in girlhood in Sudan: a case-control study
    Lars Almroth
    Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE 17176, Sweden
    Lancet 366:385-91. 2005
    ..Our aim was to investigate this possible association between FGM and primary infertility...
  2. ncbi Urogenital complications among girls with genital mutilation: a hospital-based study in Khartoum
    Lars Almroth
    Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, SE 17676 Stockholm, Sweden
    Afr J Reprod Health 9:118-24. 2005
    ..We conclude that FGM contributes significantly to morbidity among girls, a large share of which does not come to medical attention...
  3. ncbi Genital mutilation of girls
    Lars Almroth
    Division of International Health IHCAR, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
    Womens Health (Lond Engl) 3:475-85. 2007
    ....
  4. ncbi Reliability of self reported form of female genital mutilation and WHO classification: cross sectional study
    Susan Elmusharaf
    Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, SE 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    BMJ 333:124. 2006
    ..To assess the reliability of self reported form of female genital mutilation (FGM) and to compare the extent of cutting verified by clinical examination with the corresponding World Health Organization classification...
  5. ncbi Health complications of female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone
    Owolabi Bjälkander
    Division of Global Health, Department of Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Int J Womens Health 4:321-31. 2012
    ..Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the world, and yet little is known about the health consequences of the practice...
  6. ncbi Female genital mutilation among antenatal care and contraceptive advice attendees in Sweden
    Helena Litorp
    Division of International Health IHCAR, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 87:716-22. 2008
    ..To explore knowledge of, attitudes toward and practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) among women originally from countries where FGM is customary attending antenatal care and contraceptive advice in Sweden...
  7. ncbi [Genital mutilation of children is an offence. Do health services have a sufficient knowledge to see the problem?]
    Helena Holmgren
    Barn och Ungdomskliniken, Centralsjukhuset, Kristianstad
    Lakartidningen 102:1637-8, 1640, 1642-3. 2005
    ..Many health professionals feel they have poor knowledge about FGC. It is important to teach about FGC at medical and nursing schools and to make guidelines based on paediatric aspects of FGC...
  8. ncbi Prevalence and determinants of the practice of genital mutilation of girls in Khartoum, Sudan
    Alia Satti
    Children s Emergency Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan
    Ann Trop Paediatr 26:303-10. 2006
    ..Female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely practised in Sudan, despite many decades of attempts to prevent it...