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OBJECTIVE
The first six cases of hemicrania continua and episodica in African Americans are reported, differences from previous accounts noted, and important diagnostic features described.
BACKGROUND
Hemicrania continua is an indomethacin responsive chronic daily headache. Mild to moderate daily
BACKGROUND
African rickettsiasis is transmitted by Rickettsia africae, a cattle tick. Amblyomma spp. is an emerging rickettsiasis in sub-sehalian Afric described in 1992. Seroepidemiology studies conducted in Africa show that it is probably the most widespread rickettsiasis in the sorld. In
OBJECTIVE
The persistence of health disparities in the U.S. has necessitated additional research on race-related health disparities among Americans. Remarkably little research has examined race differences in persons with headache disorders, even though 45 million Americans experience episodic or
African tick bite fever is an acute febrile illness that is frequently accompanied by headache, prominent neck muscle myalgia, inoculation eschars, and regional lymphadenitis. The disease is caused by Rickettsia africae, a recently identified spotted fever group rickettsia, which is transmitted by
1000 patients receiving subarachnoid anaesthesia for various surgical procedures were studied. The patients were followed up postoperatively and the incidence and severity of post-spinal headache determined. The overall incidence was 2.8%. It was higher in females than in males and decreased with
The male-to-female ratio has fallen in cluster headache over the last several decades and is now 2.1:1. Unfortunately, women still are not diagnosed accurately. This lack of appropriate diagnosis appears related to the misconception that cluster headache rarely occurs in women. Compounding this
METHODS
A 24-year-old woman (student of biology) was part of a study group in Uganda. She developed fever and headache, which was empirically treated as malaria. After she had returned to Switzerland, a chest x-ray showed bilateral miliary nodular infiltrates. In assumption of an atypical pneumonia,
OBJECTIVE
To examine race-related differences in adherence to preventive medication agents in headache patients and identify factors predictive of medication adherence in Caucasian and African American headache patients.
METHODS
Using a longitudinal naturalistic study design, data from 77 Caucasian
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To document the pattern of presenting clinical and haematological features of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in central Africans and evaluate the clinical consequences of treating the disease with chemotherapy.
METHODS
Prospective descriptive analysis of clinical and haematological
BACKGROUND
There is a widespread notion, based on limited information, that in areas of stable malaria transmission most pregnant women with Plasmodium falciparum infection are asymptomatic. This study aim to characterize the clinical presentation of malaria in African pregnant women and to evaluate
Although sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been shown to be very prevalent in the elderly, little has been done to examine differences between the elderly of different racial groups. It has been well documented that SDB often results in hypertension and that hypertension is more common in
A 35-year-old black man with a 4-year continuous history of multiple paroxysms of unilateral temporal and ocular pain is reported. Multiple (that is, 15-20) attacks occurred in 24 h. There were no symptom-free periods. Mild exophthalmos, marked sweating, nasal congestion, and lacrimation were
Prolonged fever is an important cause of morbidity in pediatric practice, especially in tropical areas. It is above all a problem of etiological diagnosis given the vast number of etiologies. In sub-Saharan Africa, practitioners more often focus on bacterial infections and malaria at the expense of