ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Acute renal failure still is, with the exception of cardiac deaths, the most important pathological process associated with perioperative mortality in patients operated for abdominal aortic aneurysms. ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Progressive familial heart block type I (PFHBI) is a cardiac ventricular conduction disorder of unknown cause associated with risk of sudden death, which has been described in several South African ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: SEPARATION STUDY Traumatic experiences during childhood can have a negative impact on behaviour later in life. Kendier et al. (1992) found that the loss of a parent during childhood increased the risk ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to conduct a structured review of the literature published on the use of normal sperm morphology, as an indicator of male fertility potential in intrauterine insemination (M) ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The plasmid pAL5000 is a mycobacterial plasmid isolated from Mycobacterium fortuitum. It is a low copy number plasmid, which replicates in both fast growing (e.g. M. smegmatis) and slow growing (e.g. ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A community-based growth monitoring (GM) project was established in a rural village in KwaZulu-Natal. The project is an example of community-based activities that were based on a participatory approach ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Insulin is a mitogen for many cells and commonly signals through the classical, mitogenic Raf- MEK-ERK or metabolic PB-kinase pathways. Insulin deficiency or type I diabetes causes severe osteopenia. ...

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) contributes significantly to the high death rate from cardiovascular disease worldwide. FH is a common autosomal co-dominant disease characterised by raised cholesterol ...