Browsing Internal Medicine by Subject "Women"

Browsing Internal Medicine by Subject "Women"

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  • Association between gestational diabetes and biomarkers : a role in diagnosis 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Rheeder, Paul (Taylor and Francis, 2018)
    BACKGROUND : We investigated the association between markers of insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, and adipokines and GDM. METHODS : In our case-cohort study in Johannesburg we included women with GDM and controls. ...
  • Broken heart syndrome 
    Ker, James A. (Media 24, 2015)
    Takotsubo was first described in Japan in 1990, but subsequently it was described globally and in 2013 there were 1879 publications on the subject. The main characteristic is transient reversible systolic dysfunction of ...
  • Factors influencing adolescent girls and young women’s participation in a combination HIV prevention intervention in South Africa 
    Appollis, Tracy McClinton; Duby, Zoe; Jonas, Kim; Dietrich, Janan; Maruping, Kealeboga; Abdullah, Fareed; Slingers, Nevilene; Mathews, Catherine (BMC, 2021-02)
    BACKGROUND: For interventions to reach those they are intended for, an understanding of the factors that influence their participation, as well as the facilitators and barriers of participation are needed. This study ...
  • MicroRNA profiling in HIV-infected South African women with gestational diabetes mellitus 
    Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Rheeder, Paul; Adam, Sumaiya (Springer, 2019-08)
    BACKGROUND : Recently, we reported that the microRNAs (miRNAs) miR-20a-5p and—to a lesser extent—miR-222-3p hold potential as biomarkers for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative ...
  • Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in women 
    Stoltz, Anton Carel (In House Publications, 2015)
    The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates a staggering 8.6 million new tuberculosis cases every year (Global TB report, 2013).1 Seventy five percent of the 8.6 million cases are from the Africa region. More than 500 ...
  • Review of pregnancy and fertility issues in women with rheumatic diseases 
    Kalpee, R. (In House Publications, 2016)
    Rheumatic diseases occur more commonly in women and often during child bearing age. SLE is 10-15 times more common in women than in men.1 Most SLE patients present with their disease between 15 and 64 years age.2 ...
  • Selective screening strategies for gestational diabetes : a prospective cohort observational study 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Rheeder, Paul (Hindawi Publishing, 2017-10-22)
    AIM. We aimed to develop a prediction model for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes and to evaluate the performance of published prediction tools on our population. METHODS. We conducted a cohort study on nondiabetic ...