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The changing face of homozygous sickle cell disease: 102 patients over 60 years.
Earlier reports on homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease have been biased by severely affected cases. The Jamaican clinic which seeks to …
G. R. Serjeant, B. E. Serjeant, K. P. Mason, I. R. Hambleton, C. Fisher, D. R. Higgs
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Anaesthetic morbidity at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
OBJECTIVE: There is little information on adverse anaesthetic outcomes from the Caribbean. The aim of this study was to investigate the …
I. A. Tennant, R. Augier, A. Crawford-Sykes, I. R. Hambleton, M. Tha, H. Harding
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Measurement and predictors of adherence in a trial of HSV suppressive therapy in Tanzania.
This study estimates adherence and identifies predictors of good adherence among 1305 Tanzanian women participating in a randomised, …
Deborah Watson-Jones, Kathy Baisley, Mary Rusizoka, Clare Tanton, Kokugonza Mugeye, Helen A. Weiss, John Changalucha, Tim Clayton, Ian Hambleton, David A. Ross, Richard J. Hayes
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Rate of change of sickle allele frequency may be influenced by total fertility rate: a sesquicentenary reflection on human micro-evolution.
Colin A. McKenzie, Neil A. Hanchard, Rosalind Harding, Ian Hambleton, Bernadette Modell
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Outcome analysis of surgery for Blount disease.
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of surgery for Blount disease using a patient-derived outcome …
Jerome K. Jones, Laura Gill, Mario John, Maria Goddard, Ian R. Hambleton
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Retained placenta in homozygous sickle cell disease.
OBJECTIVE: To document an increased prevalence of retained placenta in mothers with homozygous sickle cell disease. METHODS: A …
Donnette Simms-Stewart, Minerva Thame, Aleith Hemans-Keen, Ian Hambleton, Graham R. Serjeant
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Bacterial vaginosis in female facility workers in north-western Tanzania: prevalence and risk factors.
OBJECTIVES: To determine prevalence of, and risk factors for, bacterial vaginosis (BV) among herpes simplex virus (HSV) 2 seropositive …
K. Baisley, J. Changalucha, H. A. Weiss, K. Mugeye, D. Everett, I. Hambleton, P. Hay, D. Ross, C. Tanton, T. Chirwa, R. Hayes, D. Watson-Jones
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Auto-adjusting positive airway pressure in children with sickle cell anemia: results of a phase I randomized controlled trial.
Low nocturnal oxygen saturation (SpO(2)) is implicated in complications of Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA). Twenty-four children with SCA were …
Melanie J. Marshall, Romola S. Bucks, Alexandra M. Hogan, Ian R. Hambleton, Susan E. Height, Moira C. Dick, Fenella J. Kirkham, David C. Rees
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Ethnic differences in F cell levels in Jamaica: a potential tool for identifying new genetic loci controlling fetal haemoglobin.
High levels of fetal haemoglobin (HbF) are protective in beta-haemoglobinopathies. The proportion of erythrocytes containing HbF …
Lisa E. Creary, Colin A. McKenzie, Stephan Menzel, Neil A. Hanchard, Veronica Taylor, Ian Hambleton, Tim D. Spector, Terrence E. Forrester, Swee Lay Thein
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Differences in risk factors between black Caribbean patients with stroke in Barbados and South london.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Risk of stroke is higher in black Caribbeans in the United Kingdom compared with black Caribbeans in their …
Nigel C. Smeeton, David O. C. Corbin, Anselm J. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Henry S. Fraser, Charles D. A. Wolfe, Peter U. Heuschmann
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