Purpose: To assess the subjective quality of life (QOL) of Sudanese epilepsy patients with grand-mal seizures and their family caregivers, using the WHO 26-item QOL Instrument, compared with the general population and previous data; and examine the predictors of QOL. Methods: Consecutive clinic attendees (N = 276) and their family caregivers were assessed in north and central Sudan. Results: Pa...

Besides sickle-cell anaemia, the finding of Hb S with other /3-chain variants of adult haemoglobin was first demonstrated by Itano and Neel (1950) in the well-known discovery of sicklecell Hb C disease. Since then Hb S has been observed with Hb D, E, G, J. and K (Itano, 1951; Aksoy and Lehmann, 1957; Schwartz and Spaet, 1955 ; Went and MacIver, 1959; O'Gorman et al., 1963). In such circumstance...

A great deal of information is available about social, economic and political factors that can affect people’s food choice but little research has been done on the effects of new cultural environments on migrants’ food habits. Those studies which have been conducted on immigrants in Britain have concentrated mainly on people under stress or with serious health problems, whereas little is known ...

Eighty consecutive cases of acute viral hepatitis and 80 controls selected from a public pediatric clinic were entered into a study of acute sporadic hepatitis in Khartoum, Sudan. Study subjects were 14 years of age or younger and were mainly from a low socioeconomic level. Non-A, non-B hepatitis was diagnosed by exclusion in 35 (43.8%) patients, hepatitis A in 27 (33.8%), acute hepatitis B in ...

Introduction: Blood pressure is one of the most often measured clinical parameters, and assessment blood has a considerable impact on diagnostic decisions.
 Objectives: To establish normal reference values in Sudanese.
 Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2016 to November 2018. Eight hundred eighty-eight healthy adult Sudanese between ages 18 60 (203 men 685 ...

We report on the first 4 cases (3 girls and one boy belonging to 4 families) of Sanjad-Sakati syndrome from Sudan. They presented within the first 2 months of life with repeated hypocalcaemic convulsions, severe growth retardation and dysmorphic features. They all had low parathyroid hormone levels. All patients came from consanguineous families who are of Arab descent, and 8 of their siblings ...

The dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET) is a newly recognized brain tumor with distinctive clinicopathological features and a favourable prognosis. All DNTs are benign supratentorial tumor most commonly located in the temporal lobe and usually cause no neurologic deficit. Clinically, DNT is usually associated with chronic intractable epilepsy in adolescents and young adults. DNET comm...

2 Summary The history and use of miswak (tooth stick) as an oral tool as well as biological effects of Salvadora persica extracts are reviewed. An adult Sudanese population using miswak or a modern toothbrush regularly was examined by using clinical and microbial parameters. Use of Freeze-dried extract of miswak was analyzed for antimicrobial components. The results presented in this report sho...

Background: This study investigated the γ-rays shielding properties of some building materials in Sudan has been investigated. Materials and Methods: Photons attenuation coefficients and half value layer (HVL) were experimented using Cs-137 and Co-60 sources.  The measurements were performed to gauge the intensity of radiation when performed unshielded, the specific thickness of selected sample...

A measles outbreak is affecting the Tel Aviv district, Israel, since April 2012. As of 10 September, 99 cases were confirmed, including 63 (64%) migrants of Eritrean and Sudanese origin. All genotyped cases had the African B3 genotype*. The mean age of migrant and non-migrant cases was 6.0±9.6 and 30.2±24.2 years, respectively (p<0.001). The majority of both migrant and non-migrant cases was un...