Background Malaria and hypertension are major causes of maternal mortality in tropical
countries, especially during first pregnancies, but evidence for a relationship between these …

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the symptoms that immediately precede eclamptic seizures.
METHODS: We did a prospective observational study of all women admitted to a single center …

Objective: To assess technical and operational performance of a dried blood spot (DBS)-based
HIV-1 RNA service for remote healthcare facilities in a low-income country. Design: A …

High resolution 1 H NMR spectroscopy has been employed to investigate the metabolic
profile of heatlhy human knee-joint synovial fluid (SF) and the biochemical data acquired have …

Malaria in pregnancy is one of the major causes of maternal morbidity worldwide, and leads
to poor birth outcomes. There is a complex interaction between pregnancy and parasite—all …

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate directly that highly reactive hydroxyl radicals (OH.) can be
generated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and contribute to joint damage, and to examine …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a multi-factorial disease, which, as the population ages, puts an ever
increasing burden on health care resources. The treatment of OA, in terms of disease …

Relapsing polychondritis and Sweet’s syndrome are rare systemic inflammatory conditions.
The authors present a patient who developed Sweet’s syndrome 1 week after adalimumab …

Regular blood pressure (BP) monitoring is a cost-effective means of early identification and
management of hypertensive disease in pregnancy. In much of rural sub-Saharan Africa, the …

Hand function declines with age, and therefore, by implication, after the menopause. The
simple ageing process clearly affects both women and men, but women may experience more …