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Inflammatory bowel disease: incidence, prevalence, and disease characteristics in Barbados, West Indies.
BACKGROUND: The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be lower among people of African descent than Caucasians. However, …
C. N. Edwards, S. G. Griffith, A. J. Hennis, I. R. Hambleton
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Voices of the women: feedback from women of child-bearing age who are living with HIV can help improve efficacy of psychosocial interventions.
BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that voluntary counselling and testing during pregnancy are necessary but not sufficient to provide the …
P. D. Weller, I. R. Hambleton, C. Chambers, S. Bain, C. D. C. Christie, B. Bain
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Effect of herpes simplex suppression on incidence of HIV among women in Tanzania.
BACKGROUND: Infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is associated with an increased risk of acquiring infection with the …
Deborah Watson-Jones, Helen A. Weiss, Mary Rusizoka, John Changalucha, Kathy Baisley, Kokugonza Mugeye, Clare Tanton, David Ross, Dean Everett, Tim Clayton, Rebecca Balira, Louise Knight, Ian Hambleton, Jerome Le Goff, Laurent Belec, Richard Hayes
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Validity of coital diaries in a feasibility study for the Microbicides Development Programme trial among women at high risk of HIV/AIDS in Mwanza, Tanzania.
OBJECTIVES: To compare coital diaries and face-to-face interviews (FFIs) in measuring sexual behaviour among women at high risk of HIV. …
Caroline F. Allen, Shelley S. Lees, Nicola A. Desmond, Geoff Der, Betty Chiduo, Ian Hambleton, Louise Knight, Andrew Vallely, David A. Ross, Richard J. Hayes
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Microbicides development program, Tanzania-baseline characteristics of an occupational cohort and reattendance at 3 months.
OBJECTIVES: To determine baseline characteristics of an occupational cohort of women in Mwanza City, Tanzania, and factors associated …
Andrew Vallely, Stella Kasindi, Ian R. Hambleton, Louise Knight, Tobias Chirwa, Rebecca Balira, John Changalucha, Deborah Watson-Jones, Dean Everett, Awene Gavyole, Jocelyn Moyes, Mar Pujades-Rodríguez, David A. Ross, Richard J. Hayes
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The mechanisms of low birth weight in infants of mothers with homozygous sickle cell disease.
OBJECTIVE: A low mean birth weight is a constant finding in pregnancies of women with homozygous sickle cell disease. The factors …
Minerva Thame, Jillian Lewis, Helen Trotman, Ian Hambleton, Graham Serjeant
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Albuminuria and renal function in homozygous sickle cell disease: observations from a cohort study.
BACKGROUND: The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease is supranormal in childhood but falls steeply …
Joanne Thompson, Marvin Reid, Ian Hambleton, Graham R. Serjeant
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The prevalence of marijuana smoking in young adults with sickle cell disease: a longitudinal study.
BACKGROUND: The active ingredients of marijuana may have beneficial properties in the treatment of chronic pain and inflammation and is …
J. Knight-Madden, N. Lewis, I. R. Hambleton
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Skin test reactivity to aeroallergens in Jamaicans: relationship to asthma.
BACKGROUND: Asthma causes significant morbidity and mortality in the developing world. It is thus important to identify modifiable risk …
J. Knight-Madden, T. E. Forrester, I. R. Hambleton, N. Lewis, A. Greenough
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Lupus nephritis in an Afro-Caribbean population: renal indices and clinical outcomes.
In an Afro-Caribbean population, 111 new cases of systemic lupus erythematosus were diagnosed in the 10-year period from January 1995. …
C. Flower, A. Hennis, I. R. Hambleton, G. Nicholson
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