Objective. To describe the patterns of use of injectable progestogen contraceptives (IPCs) among coloured and black women in the Western Cape. These data are part of an ongoing study in the Western Cape, the main aim of ...

In a group of 104 patients paralysed as a result of injury while swimming or diving, 3 patients were identified in whom the injury was sustained during bodysurfing. The mechanism of the injury and the clinical and radiological ...

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The high tackle around the neck is illegal but still common place in South African rugby. An analysis of 40 rugby players who sustained spinal cord injury during the period 1985-1989 revealed that 8 were injured by a high ...

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Diving injuries to the cervical spine and spinal cord are a serious medical problem with longterm social and economic consequences. The exact incidence of these injuries in South Africa is unknown. In the USA, it is ...

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Rugby players and other individuals with the changes of degenerative disease of the cervical spine are at risk of spinal cord trauma after hyperextension injury. In an attempt to assess whether rugby players are prone to ...

Holoprosencephaly is the result of disordered organogenesis within the central nervous system where the forebrain fails to undergo diverticulation and development between rhe 4th and 8rh week of fetal life.' It is ...

Objective. To assess the toxicity of hypoxoside taken orally by 24 patients with lung cancer. Design. Open study with patients taking 1 200 - 3 200 mg standardised Hypoxis plant extract (200 mg capsules) per day divided ...