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The effect of abdominal obesity on insulin sensitivity and serum lipid and cytokine concentrations in African women
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2006-05)
Studies have shown clear associations of abdominal obesity with lipid and glucose metabolism and cytokine levels in a number of different population groups. However, no such studies have been performed in an African ...
STROKE IN HIV/AIDS
(International Journal of Stroke, 2006-11)
Background:
Asymptomatic cognitive impairment in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients has recently been recognised as part of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. This has been implicated as one of the ...
Hemifacial spasm: case report
(Kenya Medical Association, 2006-07)
A 53 year old lady with diabetes mellitus presented with right hemi-facial spasm (HFS). Brain MRI Scan revealed extensive pan-sinusitis and mild bilateral mastoiditis. She responded well to intravenous ceftriaxone therapy ...
Antifolate Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum: Multiple Origins and Identification of Novel dhfr Alleles
(The University of Chicago Press, 2006)
BackgroundSulfadoxine-pyrimethamine has been widely used as first-line therapy for uncomplicated malaria throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Recent studies conducted in Asia and Africa suggest the triple-mutant dhfr genotype ...
A randomized controlled trial of folate supplementation when treating malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine
(Public Library of Science, 2006)
Objectives: Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is an antimalarial drug that acts on the folate
metabolism of the malaria parasite. We investigated whether folate (FA) supplementation in a
high or a low dose affects the ...
Pitting of malaria parasites and spherocyte formation
(Pub Med Central, 2006-07-31)
BACKGROUND:
A high prevalence of spherocytes was detected in blood smears of children enrolled in a case control study conducted in the malaria holoendemic Lake Victoria basin. It was speculated that the spherocytes ...
The pesticide heptachlor affects steroid hormone secretion in isolated follicular and luteal cells of rat
(Elsevier, 2006-09-01)
Heptachlor, a chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide, suppresses the production of
progesterone and estradiol in the female rat in vivo or in isolated ovaries in vitro. In this study
the effect of heptachlor on steroid ...