African Digital Health Library (ADHL): Recent submissions

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    • CLINICAL, LABORATORY AND ANGIOGRAPHIC STUDIES ON ADULT NIGERIANS WITH HEART MUSCLE DISEASE 

      FALASE, A.O. (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 ...

    • HERPES TYPE-2 VIRUS AND CARCINOMA OF CERVIX UTERI IN NIGERIANS: IMMUNOVIROLOGICAL STUDIES 

      ADELUSI, BABATUNDE (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 ...

    • 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 

      SOYANNWO, M.AO. (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 ...

    • THE EFFECTS OF ENDURANCE EXERCISE PROGRAMME ON THE RESPIRATORY FUNCTION OF ASTHMATIC CHILDREN 

      SANYA, A.O. (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 ...

    • HUMAN LOIASIS IN WESTERN NIGERIA 

      OGUNBA, EUGENE OLATUNDE (1974-07)
      An attempt has been made in this study to bridge some of the gaps in our knowledge of loiasis in Western Nigeria. At this same time, areas for future research which might lead to a better understanding of the disease ...

    • STUDIES ON CERTAIN NIGERIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS WITH POTENTIAL ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY 

      DURODOLA, J.I. (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 ...

    • A FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT 

      BAXTER-GRILLO, DOROTHEA (1969-04)
      Needham (1942) in the glossary of his book "Biochemistry and Morphogenesis" defines "functional differentiation" as the differentiation of tissues as the result of forces arising out of the functions which they are ...

    • CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AND IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES ON STRAIN OF TRIPANOSOMA CONCOLENSE 

      BAMGBOSE, S.O.A. (1968-12)
      (l) The adaptation of two strains of T.congolense from cattle to rats is described. One of them, the Ibadan strain, showed the phenomenon of polymorphism after being transmitted for four and a half years in rats. (2) The ...

    • Neuroblastoma - An Unusual Presentation 

      Gupta, K.; Chintu, C.; Dube, M.K. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-02)
      Neuroblastoma is relatively a common malignant solid tumour in childhood. Half of the cases occur in children two years of age and younger and three quarters before 4 years of age. Neuroblastoma develops ...

    • National Cancer Control Strategic Plan 2016 - 2021 

      Ministry of Health (Ministry of Health, 2016)
      Zambia is currently experiencing a high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with significant consequences on morbidity and mortality. Among the four NCDs, cancer has had significant morbidity and mortality, especially ...

    • Unilateral tubal twin pregnancy 

      Wadrawa, S. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-08)
      Unilateral tubal ,twin pregnancy was first reported by de Ott in 1891. The subject has been reviewed by various authors (Lash and Kaufan 1942; and Loh 1962) and to-date only eighty-seven cases ...

    • Symphysiotony for mild cephalopelvic disproportion 

      Mottiar, Y.; Sarla, G. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1970-01)
      The operation of symphysiotomy was first performed by Claude-De La Corvee in 1655 on a recently dead patient (Munro Kerr and Chassar Moir 1956). Signault (quoted by Greig 1964) performed the first modern operation in 1777 ...

    • Rabies in Zambian Children 

      Ondrej, B. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1976-12)
      Human rabies encephalitis is of particular interest to the doctors working in developing countries. When a person has been exposed to a suspect or rabid animal or human being specific antirabid treatment ...

    • Cushing's Syndrome in a Zambian Youth 

      Kihn, R.B.; Davidson, J.C. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1967-10)
      A case of Cushing's Syndrome treated by adrenalectomy is described. CUSHING'S syndrome is an uncommon disorder in the European and has seldom been reported in the African. This case is ...

    • Subdural Empyema 

      Musa, G; Gots, A (Medical Journal of Zambia. 44 (2), 2017)
      A 14yr old male presented with subdural empyema following a right frontal subaponeurotic abscess. Presented with a Glasgow coma scale of 8/15, left sided hemiplegia and a history of convulsions for 4 days. Other history ...

    • Bacterial Liver Abscess 

      Gill, G.V.; Kyle, I.W. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-06)
      Bacterial abscess of the liver receives scant attention compared to its amoebic counterpart. However, even with surgical drainage and antibiotic therapy the mortality rate of this condition ...

    • Multiple myeloma at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka: A retrospective study. 

      Traub, N. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-10)
      A retrospective study of the clinical and laboratory findings in sixteen cases of multiple myeloma seen at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka between March 1972 and July 1976 was carried out.The majority of cases ...

    • Intensive care unit in the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka 

      Angole, Y.E. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1977-10)
      A retrospective study was made of cases admitted to intensive care unit at U.T.H. at Lusaka in 1975. Injury accounted for the majority of admissions and deaths. Head injury alone or in combination with other injuries was ...

    • SOME IMMUNOLOGICAL REACTIONS OF TRIPANOSONA GAMBIESSE ISOLATES 

      EMEJUAIWE, S.O. (1971-02)
      Serological characteristics and the protective effect of humeral antibodies (serum) were examined in rabbits (a) infected with Trypanosoma gambiense, (b) immunized with killed Trypanosoma gambiense, (c) immunized with ...

    • PSYCHO-SOCIAL FEATURES OF IN-PATIENTS IN LONG-STAY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS: CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY 

      ODEJIDE, O.A. (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 ...