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Some aspects of malaria in Mulago Hospital
(1974)
Thirty patients with malaria were studied. Seven had cerebral malaria, ten severe and thirteen non-severe malaria. Age ranged from seven weeks to eight years with equal sex distribution. All were febrile except two infants ...
Immediate and late prognosis of intracranial birth injuries
(1978-02)
Birth injury is defined by Potter (1961) as any condition that affects the foetus adversely during labour or delivery. The definition in Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics is quite in agreement. These birth injuries are further ...
Plasma rennin activity in the African hypertensives
(1974)
Early reports, particularly from East Africa, concerning surveys of arterial pressures in Africans showed hypertension as an unusual event in the indigenous population (Donnison, 1929; Vint, 1937). This impression has in ...
Pulmonary hypertension in endomyocardial fibrosis with emphasis of its severity
(1976-02)
Eighty cases of pulmonary hypertension were found from 148 cases of endomycordial fibrosis studied by cardiac catheter. All were African patients the majority being Ugandans of Rwanda and Tanzania origin and a fair number ...
Malnutrition and intestinal worm infestation in rural Kigezi
(Makerere University, 1973)
A prevalence study was done on a sample of 169 pre-school children in a rural area in Kigezi, about 3½ miles from Kabale. The objective was to find whether there was an association between malnutrition and intestinal worm ...