Introduction: Nodding syndrome is an unknown neurological disorder affecting children in Northern Uganda, South Sudan and Southern Tanzania. The patient in our case report is, to the best of our knowledge, the first with the syndrome that has been serially followed up for more th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14595
Background: Pregnant women constitute a high risk group for iron deficiency due to increased iron requirements for foetal and maternal tissues growth. This study sought to find out the prevalence of iron deficiency among Ghanaian pregnant women obtaining antenatal care at the Uni...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14786
Introduction: It is becoming clear that a major complication of HIV patients on HAART is co-infection with hepatitis C and its attendant sequalae such as liver cirrhosis and carcinoma. The aim is to determine the prevalence of anaemia, transaminitis in these co-infected patients....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15142
An overwhelming body of research has now firmly established that the dietary intake of berry fruits has a positive and profound impact on human health, performance, and disease. Evidence suggests that edible small and soft-fleshed berry fruits may have beneficial effects against...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15289
Background: The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK has been beset by unprecedented growth in emergency admissions to hospital which are specifically medical in nature, while surgical and trauma admissions are only showing the level of low growth expected from demographic cha...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14845
Aim: To determine the presentation and outcome of microbial keratitis among patients at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) in Ilorin, Nigeria. Methods: A 12-month, prospective, hospital-based longitudinal study was conducted by examining all patients with clinical feat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/9889
Small cell lung carcinoma is a rapidly progressive neuroendocrine tumor having a poor prognosis. It is considered as a systemic disease, because it has diffuse involvement, distant organ metastasis, and regional lymphatic involvement at the time of initial diagnosis. While small...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13754
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is reported at an increasing frequency. Though it is considered a diagnosis of exclusion it remains a pathology requiring focused investigation and tailored management. Despite its prevalence most clinicians do not seem to have a good grasp on the diagnos...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11263
Aims: To determine the prevalence and evaluate the specific characteristics of depressive symptoms in medical, law and pre-university students, as well as to perform an exploratory analysis to survey the relationships of depression with several risk factors. Study Design: An anal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15165
Aim: To investigate whether standard general osteopathic treatment can influence the static configuration of the vertebral column or pelvis. Material and Methods: One hundred thirteen persons, 72 females and 41 males, either symptom-free volunteers or patients with mild idiopathi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15155