Neurodegenerative disorder System involved Neurologic/psychiatric/behavioral abnormalities Inheritance pattern Infantile Refsum’s disease Peroxisomal disorders Rapid, jerky eye movements (nystagmus); progressive muscle weakness and wasting; poor balance and coordination (ataxia); hearing loss…
Fig. 3.1 Distribution of the in-patients by sex and ward Figure 3.2 shows a population pyramid for patients in Mulago and the national population pyramid. While patients’ age distribution is…
Fig. 8.1 Disease burden on the neurology unit in Mulago Hospital, 2012 (Matovu et al. 2012 data unpublished) Risk Factors for Stroke In a study carried out in Uganda’s Mulago…
ANI HIV-associated asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment Cognitive impairment involving at least two cognitive domains (performance of at least 1 SD below the mean for norms on neuropsychological tests) 1. The…
Fig. 7.1 Childhood strategies to improve adult cognition It is generally agreed that in adults, the prevention, identification, and treatment of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome may prevent or delay…
Fig. 20.1 EEG trace findings of NP Treatment and Outcome Before visiting the Mulago hospital MHC because her epilepsy illness, NP was being managed by traditional healers where she used…
Author Location Study design Setting Sample size % Females Measures of depression symptoms Validation measure % depression symptoms Measure of major depression % major depression Association between depression and ART…
Major depressive disorders Dysthmic disorder Depressive disorders not otherwise specified Bipolar 1 disorder Bipolar II disorder Cyclothymic disorder Bipolar disorder not otherwise specified Mood disorder due to a medical condition…
22. Galukande M, Jombwe J, Fualal J, Baingana R, Gakwaya A. Reference values for serum levels of folic acid and vitamin B12 in a young adult Ugandan population. Afr Health…
Fig. 18.1 Image of SK’s brain MRI In order to exclude metastases in other areas, a chest x-ray, mammogram and abdominal-pelvic ultra sound scan were done and all were found…
