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CHRONIC CYANIDE INTOXICATION AND A DEGENERATIVE NEUROPATHY IN NIGERIA
(1969-09)The relevant literature on nutritional neuropathies described mainly in tropical countries, and in prisoners of war is reviewed. An account is given of the history of thoughts on the possible aetiological factors involved ... -
STUDIES ON CERTAIN NIGERIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS WITH POTENTIAL ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY
(1972-10)As part of a search for new and active antineoplastic agents from some Nigerian plants, a survey of various herbal folk remedies for cancer was undertaken. Because the recorded Nigerian folklore medicine does not elaborate ... -
STUDIES OF THE PREVALENCE OF RENAL DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION IN RELATION TO SCHISTOSOMIASIS: A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY OF OMI-ADIO, A COMMUNITY OF HIGH BILHARZIA ENDEMICITY AND OFFA-TEDO, ONE WITH LOW ENDEMICITY
(1973-10)Two rural communities in the environs of Ibadan, Western State of Nigeria, one with sustained high endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis as the test, the other with a low endemicity as control have been studied for the ... -
HERPES TYPE-2 VIRUS AND CARCINOMA OF CERVIX UTERI IN NIGERIANS: IMMUNOVIROLOGICAL STUDIES
(1976-03)In the search for etiology of carcinoma of the cervix uteri, various factors have been implicated by various workers. The disease has been shown to have a venereal origin, following on its significant association with ... -
VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES IN THE AETIOLOGY OF SOME DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN NIGERIANS.
(1977-03)In many countries of the world, especially the developing countries such as Nigeria, there is a great shortage of food both in quantity and quality. Little is known of the vitamin nutritional status of Nigerians in relation ... -
CLINICAL, LABORATORY AND ANGIOGRAPHIC STUDIES ON ADULT NIGERIANS WITH HEART MUSCLE DISEASE
(1977-07)Heart muscle disease (HMD) is a common cardiovascular disease Nigerians. It presents with cardiomegaly associated with myocardial failure. Some of the patients have mild, transient hypertension when they are in failure ... -
PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF A SAMPLE OF UNIVERSITY FRESHMEN AND FRESHWOMEN
(1979)ABSTRACT Eight hundred and seventy University of Ibadan freshmen, consisting of 725 males and 145 females, were studied during their first few weeks in the university with the aim of assessing their social and personality ... -
POLIOMYELITIS: STUDIES ON DISTRIBUTION OF PARALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF DEFORMITIES IN THE LOWER LIMBS OF CHILDREN IBADAN
(1982-09)Poliomyelitis or Heinemedin’s disease is one of the commonest crippling diseases amongst children under the age of five years in Nigeria. Though the disease is found in most parts of the world, it is morenoticeable in ... -
CIRCULATING TUMOUR ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS AS AID TO EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF CARCINOMA OF CERVIX
(1982-10)Earlier studies by this author in 1976 provides evidence of an association between an infective, sexually transmitted agent, the Herpes Simplex Virus Type-2 (HSV-2) and human carcinoma of the cervix, irrespective of ... -
A SPECTRUM OF IMMUNITY IN TUBERCULOSIS
(1984-09)ABSTRACT The variable clinical presentation of tuberculosis would suggest a spectrum of host immune responses to the disease. To investigate this hypothesis, 30 hospitalized patients aged 19 to 61 years (moan 34.4 years) ... -
PSYCHO-SOCIAL FEATURES OF IN-PATIENTS IN LONG-STAY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS: CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY
(1985-03)In a survey of 226 patients at the Lantoro annex of Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Abeokute, Nigeria, schizophrenic patients. constituted the largest group 163 (72.1%), followed by organic brain syndrome 37 (16.4%), and ... -
MAJOR SKELETAL COMPLICATIONS OF SICKLE-CELL DISEASE IN IBADAN, NIGERIA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
(1986-06)The landmark contributions to the recognition and understanding of sickle-cell disease at the clinical, cellular and molecular levels are reviewed. The variable natural history of the disease with environmental and ... -
THE EFFECTS OF ENDURANCE EXERCISE PROGRAMME ON THE RESPIRATORY FUNCTION OF ASTHMATIC CHILDREN
(1986-08)Bronchial asthma is an obstructive respiratory disorder characterised by recurrent attacks of breathlessness. Some studies have suggested that the exacerbation of asthma by exercise is probably due to the fact that asthmatics ... -
EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR IN MAN AND MOUSE: PHYSIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
(1989-04)Epidermal growth factor (EGF), which was first isolated from the mouse submaxillary gland and later from human urine belongs to a new class of polypeptides collectively known as growth factors. These growth factors regulate ... -
SOME STUDIES ON CONTACT DERMATITIS AND OCCUPATIONAL DERMATOSE IN LAGOS
(1990-01)A study was conducted on contact dermatitis and occupational dermatoses to identify causal factors and advance proposals on how best to humanize occupational life, and to form a base line for future studies as industrialisation ... -
THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATORY GAS EXCHANGE
(1991-01)Respiratory gas exchange involves the transfer of oxygen from the atmosphere to the metabolizing cell, and the movement of carbon dioxide in the opposite direction. Contributing to this phenomenon are various cardiorespiratory ... -
THE NOSOLOGICAL STATUS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL VALIDITY STUDY
(1993)In spite of many years of research, schizophrenia remains a medical puzzle. Even though modern classificatory systems have revolutionized its clinical diagnosis by improving reliability, its validity as a distinct disorder ... -
COMPUTERISED TOMOGRAPHIC BRAIN SCAN FINDINGS IN A COHORT OF NIGERIANS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND MANIA
(1995-05)Computerised tomographic (CT) scan has become a useful and reliable non-invasive tool for investigating possible neuropathological conditions associated with psychiatric disorders. While earlier studies of the so called ... -
COMPARISON OF FOUR PHYSIOTHERAPY REGIMENS IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC MECHANICAL LOW BACK PAIN
(2008-10)Chronic mechanical Low Back Pain (LBP) remains a leading cause of disability and quality of life depreciating factor, the treatment of which continues to pose challenges to both clinicians and researchers. Several treatment ... -
VALIDATION OF YORUBA ADAPTATION OF THE STROKE- SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE
(2010-01)The Stroke-Specific Quality of Life (SS-QoL) scale, a stroke patient-centred health-related quality of life measure was developed and validated in predominantly Caucasian population. It has been shown to have excellent ...
