Aims: To determine the incidence of sigmoid volvulus in Northern Uganda. Study Design: A cross-sectional (2 years retrospective and one year prospective) study design was conducted on patients’ medical records and those admitted, surgically managed or referred from the 19 hospita...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12451
Background: Viral hemorrhagic fevers are emergent and endemic in Africa and in South America. In Côte d’Ivoire, Yellow fever cases were reported yearly and the distribution of mosquitoes in the country are the main factors for high incidence of Flaviviruses. The poorly reporting...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12582
Aim: Many causative genes and susceptibility loci have been identified to be associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) in different ethnic populations. One of these genes is the Leucin-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene. The G2019S substitution in that gene is the most common mutat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/10458
Aims: Heterotaxy syndrome is a rare, complex, and confusing presentation in the realm of situs anomalies. The concurrence of heterotaxy syndrome with dextrocardia and Eisenmenger syndrome has never been reported in an adult. We described, for the first time, an adult patient who...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13062
Aims: To investigate the impact of war trauma On child mental health; the mediating role of different coping strategies. Methods: The sample was selected randomly from the five localities of the Gaza Strip that had been exposed to war16 months earlier. Children completed the Gaza...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/9578
Aims: To ascertain the antidiabetic and antioxidative effects of ethanol-methanol extracts of leaf, stem bark and root of Jatropha curcas on the blood and liver tissue of streptozotocin-induced diabetic albino wistar rats Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medical Biochem...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11766
Herein, both antidiabetic and hematoprotective effect of thymoquinone (TQ) therapy was investigated in rat model of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes. After disease induction, TQ (35 mg/kg/day) was given for 28 days and fasting blood glucose level was weekly measured. At day...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13409
Aims: This paper describes the In vitro study of protein binding by sildenafil citrate (SC) in presence of bisoprololfumarate (BF) and metformin hydrochloride (MH). Study Design: Study was designed to assess In vitro of quenching of bovine serum albumin (BSA) by sildenafil citrat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11655
Aims: This study explored the knowledge and attitude concerning Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF) among young women who are apprenticed to learn hairdressing in Agbowo community, Ibadan, Nigeria. Study Design: The study was cross sectional in design. Place and Duration of Study: Stud...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12822
Aims: To characterize the various clinical presentations of TB diagnosed in HIV/AIDS patients in the post-conflict Northern Uganda. Study Design and Setting: A prospective cohort study was conducted on 320 TB/HIV/AIDS co-infected patients at St. Mary’s Hospital, Lacor which is a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12191