Showing papers by "Mulago Hospital published in 1956"
TL;DR: It is concluded that both combinations are effective, and that the PAS-isoniazid combination is a powerful and valuable form of oral chemotherapy in East Africans.
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TL;DR: A series of 136 patients with acute extensive pulmonary tuberculosis in Britain and a series of 63 patients with similar disease in Uganda have been treated and observed similarly, showing no evidence of important differences in short-term progress between patients of European and of African stock.
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TL;DR: The radiological findings in the limb bones of 15 histologically proved cases of Kaposi's idiopathic multiple h˦morrhagic sarcoma are described and discussed and common findings are generalized and localized rarefactions, cyst-like areas in the bones of the hands and feet, and superficial cortical erosions.
Abstract: Summary The radiological findings in the limb bones of 15 histologically proved cases of Kaposi's idiopathic multiple h˦morrhagic sarcoma are described and discussed. The common findings are generalized and localized rarefactions, cyst-like areas in the bones of the hands and feet, and superficial cortical erosions. The differential diagnosis is from multiple myelomata and osteolytic metastases, gout, multiple chondromata, sarcoidosis, and Madura foot.
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TL;DR: The characteristic adult pattern becomes evident towards the end of the first year in Africans in Uganda, but the resulting pattern differs from that found at birth in Europe and America.
Abstract: 1. (1) The results of 120 estimations of serum proteins in 110 Uganda African infants of different ages under 18 months are presented. 2. (2) The serum protein pattern in the first month of life is similar to that found at birth in Europe and America. 3. (3) During the first 9 months of life the changes in serum protein fractions show the same trends in Africa as in Europe and America. 4. (4) The characteristic adult pattern becomes evident towards the end of the first year in Africans in Uganda. This change occurs at the same age as in America and Europe, but the resulting pattern differs.
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