Kala-azar in Qadisiah : a clinicoepidemiological descriptive study
Joint Authors
Muhsin, Rahman Kazim
al-Shamsi, Muhammad Mujar
Abd Allah, Asad Habib
Source
Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad
Issue
Vol. 50, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2008), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad Faculty of Medicine
Publication Date
2008-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Subject and Method : study involved sixty five children with kala-azar who were admitted to the maternity and children teaching hospital in Diwaniah during a one year period, 1999.
The clinical and epidemiological criteria of the disease were discussed.
The majority of these patients were under the age of 5 years (97 %) and were from rural areas (86 %).
Result : The symptoms and signs of the disease were fever (100 %), splenomegaly (100 %), anaemia (100 %), hepatomegaly (92 %), anorexia (62 %), bleeding tendency (46 %) and jaundice (31%).
Our patients had high incidence of bleeding tendency, jaundice, edema and relatively high mortality in comparison with patients elsewhere.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Shamsi, Muhammad Mujar& Muhsin, Rahman Kazim& Abd Allah, Asad Habib. 2008. Kala-azar in Qadisiah : a clinicoepidemiological descriptive study. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad،Vol. 50, no. 2, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Shamsi, Muhammad Mujar…[et al.]. Kala-azar in Qadisiah : a clinicoepidemiological descriptive study. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad Vol. 50, no. 2 (2008), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Shamsi, Muhammad Mujar& Muhsin, Rahman Kazim& Abd Allah, Asad Habib. Kala-azar in Qadisiah : a clinicoepidemiological descriptive study. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad. 2008. Vol. 50, no. 2, pp.1-9.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendicx.
Record ID
BIM-331333
