After suitable sensitization of ovariectomized mice with progesterone and oestradiol, the intrauterine instillation of oil produces a massive decidual cell reaction. Vascular permeability, as reflected by the extra-vascular ...

This study of children with chronic health conditions (CHC) assessed the relationship of demographic and health variables to school achievement and absenteeism. From July 1982 to June 1983 data were collected in 11 ...

The cumulative results and long-term follow-up of all patients with Burkitt's lymphoma treated at the Uganda cancer Institute Kampala are reported. The annual admission rate is 29. The tumor patients commonly present with ...

Blackwater fever is usually associated with malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum infection in susceptible subjects. It is not associated with other parasites in man.' We describe a case of blackwater fever caused by P ...

Uterine vascular permeability and tissue blood volume during the development of the oil-induced decidual cell reaction (DCR) in ovariectomized steroid\x=req-\ treated rats were assessed by measuring the extravascular ...

A new disease has recently been recognised in rural Uganda. Because the major symptoms are weight loss and diarrhoea, it is known locally as slim disease. It is strongly associated with HTLV-III infection (63 out of 71 ...

The visual evoked potential (VEP) of five healthy, near-term exteriorized fetal lambs was compared with the VEP obtained from the same animals during the first hour after ventilation. Characteristics of the individual ...

Clinical features of infantile autism in three African children from Kenya are described. There is no essential difference in features of childhood autism as described in the west. In this prospective study the authors ...