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Cystic fibrosis in black patients: Western Cape experiences

Author: Westwood, Tony ; Brown, Ruth Date: 2006 Cystic fibrosis (CF) in non-American black Africans has only been described in case reports. CF was first reported in a South African black child with meconium ileus in 1959.1 Ten years later Levin and colleagues2 described twins born to a ... Read more
Deaths at Red CrossChildren's Hospital, Cape Town 1999-2003 - a study of death notification forms

Author: Grandin, Wilson ; Westwood, Tony ; Lagerdien, Kashifa ; Shung King, Maylene Date: 2006 Objectives. The availability of cause-specific mortality data for children in South Africa is limited. Hospital-based data have the potential to contribute to understanding of the causation of childhood death in South Africa. The objectives ... Read more
Diagnosing cystic fibrosis in South Africa

Author: Westwood, Tony ; Henderson, Bertram ; Ramsay, Michele Date: 2006 Cystic fibrosis (CF) occurs in all South Africa’s population groups. While well described in the white and coloured populations, its presence in black African populations is less well known. Recent evidence from the group of CF patients in ... Read more

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