African health sciences
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African health sciences · Jun 2011
Predictors of psychopathology among Nigerian adolescents: the role of psychosocial, demographics, personality and medical condition reports domains.
Psychopathology among adolescents has become a global concern in the last decade. ⋯ It is concluded that a multi-theoretical approach to the understanding of psychopathology among adolescents will be more appropriate in the Nigerian community. Results have implication for further assessment and treatments. Parents are advised to report any behavioural dysfunction observed in their wards to experts early enough to avoid degeneration to greater psychopathology in the later years.
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Late presentation of breast carcinoma is common in resource-limited countries with attendant poor outcome. ⋯ Metastatic disease is common in Nigeria and treatment is limited due to resource limitations. Improved awareness of the disease is advocated to reduce late presentation.
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African health sciences · Jun 2011
Uterine Leiomyomata in South Western Nigeria: a clinical study of presentations and management outcome.
Uterine leiomyoma is remarkably common, however only a subset of women have their fibroids clinically detected, symptomatic, or warrant surgical treatment. Its removal is commonly associated with complications. To prevent or control the occurrence of this complication requires the understanding of the factors associated with the complications. ⋯ Uterine fibroid is common in our environment and its removal is commonly associated with post-operative pyrexia, blood loss, and anaemia and wound infection. Midline incision, closure of rectus sheet with chromic catgut and myomectomy were associated with postoperative complications in this review.
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African health sciences · Jun 2011
Causes of injuries resulting in a visit to the emergency department of a Provincial General Hospital, Nyanza, western Kenya.
There is increasing importance of trauma not only as a major cause of surgical admissions, but also a significant cause of morbidity, mortality and disability. ⋯ This study provides considerable information on major causes of injuries, useful for epidemiological surveillance and injury prevention campaigns.
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African health sciences · Jun 2011
Evaluation of the LTK63 adjuvant effect on cellular immune responses to measles virus nucleoprotein.
A lot of pathogens enter the body via the nasal route. The construction of non-toxic mutants of heat labile Escherichia coli enterotoxin (LT), which is a potent mucosal adjuvant, represents a major breakthrough for the development of mucosal vaccines. ⋯ These data further demonstrate the great potential of LTK63 as a safe mucosal vaccine adjuvant.