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  • Braun, Sandra (University of Pretoria, 2020)
    In order to support identification of crime victims in South Africa, new methods need to be sought. If victim identification involving fingerprints, DNA or dental records are not possible, facial approximation is often the ...
  • Butow, Kurt-Wilhelm; Jacobs, Frederick Julius; Zwahlen, Roger A. (South African Dental Association, 2008-04)
    A retrospective study was undertaken of 3100 facial cleft cases in order to analyse and determine the incidence of the isolated cleft of the hard palate. This presented as a very rare occurrence in three different variations, ...
  • Mokoena, Taole (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-10)
    Lower limb varicose veins are a common complication of bipedal human movement and deep-vein thrombosis. However, they may have unusual causes, e.g. forming as collaterals around an obstruction or resulting from vascular ...
  • Fonseca, Felipe Paiva; Basso, Marcos Paulo Montanhana; Mariano, Fernanda Viviane; Kowalski, Luiz Paulo; Lopes, Márcio Ajudarte; Martins, Manoela Domingues; Rangel, Ana Lúcia Carrinho Ayroza; Coletta, Ricardo Della; Santos-Silva, Alan Roger; Vargas, Pablo Agustin (Elsevier, 2015-06)
    OBJECTIVE : To investigate the immunoexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in benign and malignant salivary gland tumors (SGT), determining its clinical and prognostic significance. MATERIAL AND METHODS ...
  • Alalwany, Roaa H.; Hawtrey, Tom; Morgan, Kevin; Morris, Jonathan C.; Donaldson, Lucy F.; Bates, David Owen Bates (Frontiers Media, 2023-06-27)
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  • Jacobson, Barry Frank; Schapkaitz, Elise; Takalani, Azwi; Rowji, Pradeep; Louw, Vernon Johan; Opie, Jessica; Bekker, Linda‑Gail; Garrett, N.; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Reddy, Tarylee; Yende-Zuma, Nonhlanhla; Sanne, Ian; Seocharan, Ishen; Robinson, Michelle; Collie, Shirley; Khan, Amber; Takuva, S.; Gray, Glenda (BMJ Publishing, 2023-03)
    OBJECTIVE : To assess the rates of vascular thrombotic adverse events in the first 35 days after one dose of the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine (Janssen/ Johnson & Johnson) in healthcare workers in South Africa and to compare ...
  • Du Toit, Peet J.; Naicker, Lee-Anne; Nortje, Evangeline; Kleynhans, Michael; Ferreira, Ronel; Gericke, Gerda J. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-12-02)
    Met die toenemende klem op leefstylverwante gesondheid het die fokus vanaf die behandeling en genesing van siekte verskuif na voorkoming en gesondheidsbevordering. Alhoewel individuele welstandskomponente uitvoerig bestudeer ...
  • Agha, Sheila Biloh; Chepkorir, Edith; Mulwa, Francis; Tigoi, Caroline; Arum, Samwel; Guarido, Milehna M.; Ambala, Peris; Chelangat, Betty; Lutomiah, Joel; Tchouassi, David Poumo; Turell, Michael J.; Sang, Rosemary (Public Library of Science, 2017-08-18)
    BACKGROUND : In April, 2004, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged in Kenya and eventually spread to the islands in the Indian Ocean basin, South-East Asia, and the Americas. The virus, which is often associated with ...
  • Kgoroebutswe, Tefo Kesaobaka; Makate, Ntebaleng; Fillinger, Ulrike; Mpho, Mandla; Segoea, Godira; Sangoro, Peter Onyango; Mutero, Clifford Maina; Chanda, Emmanuel; Ntebela, Davies; Mogopa, Mpho; Mosweunyane, Tjantilili; Nkya, Theresia Estomih (BioMed Central, 2020-08-26)
    Botswana has in the recent past 10 years made tremendous progress in the control of malaria and this informed re-orientation from malaria control to malaria elimination by the year 2020. This progress is attributed to ...
  • Szentivanyi, Tamara; Heintz, Anne-Caroline; Markotter, Wanda; Wassef, Jerome; Christe, Philippe; Glaizot, Olivier (Wiley, 2023-06)
    Bats are known reservoir hosts for a wide variety of parasites and pathogens, including bacteria and protozoans. Some of these pathogens are vector-borne, and although their role is poorly studied, ectoparasites may ...
  • Mabeta, Peaceful Lucy; Steenkamp, Vanessa (MDPI, 2022-12)
    The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) axis is indispensable in the process of angiogenesis and has been implicated as a key driver of tumor vascularization. ...
  • Liebenberg, Maritza; Liebenberg, Leandi; Kruger, Gabriele Christa; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle (Wiley, 2023-03)
    Standard operating procedures for forensic anthropological analyses dictate that thermally altered remains should not be measured, hindering the creation of a biological profile. Few studies have addressed estimating ...
  • Lombard, M.; Roos, J.L. (Johannes Louw) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-09)
    Among the many features with which velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) may present, we review in this paper the literature on working memory deficits, dysmorphic features, co-morbid obsessive-compulsive disorder, early deviant ...
  • Jacobson, B.F.; Louw, S.; Buller, H.; Mer, M.; De Jong, P.R.; Rowji, P.; Schapkaitz, E.; Adler, D.; Beeton, A.; Hsu, H-C.; Wessels, Pieter Frederik; Haas, S. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-04)
    BACKGROUND: Pharmacological prophylactic anticoagulation in many countries, including South Africa, is under-prescribed. This has resulted in unacceptable rates of morbidity and mortality. METHOD: The Southern African ...
  • Snyman, Leon Cornelius; Potgieter, Janine (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-10)
    OBJECTIVES. This study aims to describe the venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk profile of women undergoing elective gynaecological surgery in a tertiary hospital and to audit the VTE prophylaxis prescribed. METHODS. One ...
  • Wessels, Pieter Frederik (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-11)
    Pregnancy-related venous thromboembolic events are important preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. All pregnant patients should be evaluated for thrombotic risk at different stages of their pregnancy ...
  • Wessels, Pieter Frederik (Open Journals Systems, 2012)
    The relationship between cancer and thrombosis has been known for many years. Thrombotic risk is increased in the patient with cancer, and the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism at the time that a malignancy presents ...
  • Lotter, Carol; Van Staden, C.W. (Werdie) (Elsevier, 2019-07)
    Previous research on active and receptive music therapy methods mostly reports on response to musical processes and therapeutic impact. Preceding such interests, our study examined qualitatively the verbal affordances ...
  • Du Toit, Peet J.; Wood, Paola Silvia; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Nortje, Evangeline; Fletcher, Lizelle; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Joubert, Annie M.; Ferreira, Ronel; Van Schoor, Albert-Neels; Joubert, Fourie; Gericke, Gerda J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Kleynhans, Michael; Kennedy, Justin J. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-12)
    Die moderne leefwyse bring dikwels mee dat ons die belangrikheid van liggaamlike oefening uit die oog verloor. Ons toenemend passiewe leefwyse het gelei tot ’n aansienlike toename in die voorkoms van lewenstylsiektes soos ...
  • Terblanche, H.C.; Kleynhans, Michael; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Du Toit, Peet J. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013)
    Hypermobility syndrome (HMS) is observed in joints that extend beyond their expected range of motion. Results showed that from the total population, 25.17% of female subjects were at risk to only 11.04% of males.