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A transition in health status from childhood to adulthood and associated lifestyle risk factors: a 13-year interval follow-up study in South Africa.
(2008-02)South Africa is a developing country that also has developed aspects and as a result, has to cope with issues related to both worlds. There has been a definite change in the global patterns of diseases from a situation ... -
The use of directed evolution to create a stable and immunogenic recombinant BCG expressing a modified HIV-1 Gag antigen.
(2014-07-25)Numerous features make Mycobacterium bovis BCG an attractive vaccine vector for HIV. It has a good safety profile, it elicits long-lasting cellular immune responses and in addition manufacturing costs are affordable. Despite ... -
Use of the myocardial performance index as a prognostic indicator of adverse fetal outcome in poorly controlled gestational diabetic pregnancies.
(2014-12)The aim of this study was to determine whether there are any changes in cardiac function in fetuses of poorly controlled gestational diabetics and whether these changes influence perinatal outcome. -
The value of transcranial Doppler imaging in children with tuberculous meningitis.
(2014-10)Transcranial Doppler imaging (TCDI) is potentially a valuable investigational tool in children with tuberculous meningitis (TBM), a condition often complicated by pathology relevant to Doppler imaging such as raised ... -
Violence in male patients with schizophrenia: risk markers in a South African population
(2004)Objective: We investigate the role of functional variants in the catecholamine-O-methyl transferase gene (COMT) and the monoamine oxidase-A gene (MOA-A), as well as previously identified non-genetic risk factors in the ... -
Which personal quality of life domains affect the happiness of older South Africans?
(Springer Netherlands., 2007-07-12)Abstract Objective To ascertain which quality of life domains affect the happiness of older South Africans. Method Seven hundred and ten respondents, aged between 50 years and 93 years, participated in the study. Seven ...