Browsing Medical Journal of Zambia by Title
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Pancreatic Cancer.
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 2017)In 2007, the Cancer Disease Hospital (CDH) was opened as the national referral center for patients diagnosed with cancer in Zambia. Since inception of the CDH, there has been no systematic analysis of the disease burden ... -
Pancreatic cancer: patterns in a low- to middle income population, Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 2017-04)In 2007, the Cancer Disease Hospital (CDH) was opened as the national referral center for patients diagnosed with cancer in Zambia. Since inception of the CDH, there has been no systematic analysis of the disease burden ... -
Parasitic infection in the Kasyasya cluster of villages in North Eastern Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1984-04)ln a survey of parasitic infections in the Kasyasya cluster of villages in the north eastern corner of Zambia, trypanosomiasis which had occured in epidemic proportions the previous ... -
Partnership for effective reproductive health services
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 2003-01)lt was only until recently that Zambia Health institutions started providing inter grated Reproductive Services. Until 1995 reproductive health in Zambia meant the provision of Family Planning Services, Antenatal, ... -
Peritoneal tuberculosis mimicking peritoneal carcinomatosis
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 2018-03)Tuberculosis is a serious infection that can appear in many forms and presentations. Here, we highlight a case of a 13 year old patient with a three-month history of nonspecific abdominal pain whose symptoms persisted after ... -
Plasmatic vasculosls resulting from dysoria : a modern confirmation of Aschoff's holistic view on vascular diseases
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1970-01)In his writings, Aschoff (1924) mentions "the invading stream of plasma" and this he suspected must normally be traversing arterial walls outwards from the lumen, basing his concept in part at least on the observation that ... -
Possible chloroquine resistant malaria in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1967-04)In the fight against malaria the synthetic anti-malarials were greeted with great hopes. However,since their introduction there has been the disturbing evolution of strains of malaria resistant to them. In1947 resistance ... -
Possible encephalitis following B.C.G vaccination
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1967-04)Four cases of an encephalitis-like illness 3 week after BCG vaccination are described, and alternative explanations of the occurrence are discussed. As none of these explanations account for all the features of the illnesses, ... -
Posttraumatic Stress among Women with HIV in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 2017)This Journal article examines whether HIV-Positive women in Lusaka District, Zambia, displays a higher degree of PSTD-Symptoms than HIV-Negative control group. The study targeted 50 HIV positive women from four ART Clinics ... -
Pre-Clinical Development of Drugs
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-04)The purpose of this paper is to present a brief outline of the essential requirements in the postresearch phase of drug development. At present evolution of new drugs, is largely a ... -
Preliminary study: the challenge of providing tertially care for renal disease in children admitted to the University Teaching Hospital, Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 2007-01)Renal disease in children commonly presents as nephrotic syndrome of the minimal change type, glomerulonephritis, and or a combined nephritic-nephrotic clinical picture. When not responsive to steroid, underlying ... -
Premature Fusion of Cranial Sutures (CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS)
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1983-10)A personal experience in the management of craniosynostosis in 15 Zambian male children has been presented. An important finding of this study was rather late referral of the majority of ... -
Presentation of Diabetes Mellitus at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-06)The mode of presentation of 118 insulin-dependent and 187 non insulin-dependent diabetics is outlined. The complications as well as associated diseases are presented. Eighty-six males were ... -
Presentation of Diabetes Mellitus at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1980-02)The mode of presentation of 118 insulin dependent (IDD) and 187 non insulin-dependent diabetics (NIDD) is outlined. The complications as well as associated diseases are presented. Eighty-six ... -
Prevalence of basal-like breast cancer among indigenous black Zambians at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 2016)Breast cancer comprises a group of very diverse diseases, which can be demonstrated at the molecular, histopathological and clinical levels. Gene expression studies using RNA microarray studies have categorised breast ... -
Prevalence of bilharzia in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1975-01)There has been a considerable accumulation of data in recent years enabling a more accurate assessment of the extent of bilharzia in Zambia than has been possible hitherto. The data fall into two groups. The first consists ... -
Prevalence of bilharzia in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1974-01)There has been a considerable accumulation of data in recent years enabling a more accurate assessment of the extent of bilharzia in Zambia than has been possible hitherto. The data fall into two groups. The first consists ... -
Prevalence of hepatitis B virus, HIV and HBV coinfection and associated factors in pregnant women attending antenatal care at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 2019-01)To explore the prevalence and associated socio-demographic factors of hepatitis B in HIV positive and HIV negative pregnant women attending antenatal care at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. This was a ... -
Primary Carcinoma of the Liver in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1976-12)A review of liver biopsies over a three year period revealed 166 cases of carcinoma of the liver. Hepatocellular carcinoma Constituted the commonest malignant tumour in male Zambians. The different ... -
Primary malignant bone tumours at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka Zambia
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 2016)Primary malignant bone tumours include malignancies arising primarily from bone tissue. This is opposed to secondary bone tumours in which case the neoplastic elements arise primarily from other sites within the body and ...
