METHODOLOGY All ophthalmic patients coming to the University Of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital are referred to the ophthalmology clinic. In the clinic patients whose visual acuity were less then 6/9 on the snellens test type or illiterate 'E' chart were given the pin hole to retake the visual acuity. All those whose visual acuity improved with the pin-hole test were sent to the optometrist to have...

Anthropometric measurements, such as craniofacial forms especially in the first days after birth are important for the assessment of neonatal health status and results obtained from such measurements are used in pediatrics, orofacial surgery and diagnostic comprehension between patient and normal populations. There is no published literature about the types of head and face shapes in the Kanuri...

ELLIS-van CREVELD SYNDROME IN A NIGERIAN WOMAN: A CASE STUDY 1 2 1 1 AHMADU MS, TALLEMA, AHIDJO A, TAHIR AA Ellis-van Creveld (EVC) syndrome or chondroectodermal dysplasia is a rare, autosomal recessive th disorder that was first described by Ellis and van Creveld in the mid-20 century.The syndrome is characterized by a tetrad of chondrodystrophy, post axial polydactyly, and hidrotic ectodermal...

introduction : human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) is able to go into latency and is the most common cause of congenital infections in humans. its clinical manifestations range from asymptomatic forms to severe fetal damage, and in rare cases, fetal death due to abortion. this prospective cross-sectional study was designed to determine the seroprevalence of hcmv infection in pregnant women attending a...

Background: A prospective study of all patients admitted to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), with a provisional diagnosis of carcinoma of the urinary bladder in the six year period between January, 2001 and December, 2006. The object of this investigation was to determine the relationship between schistosomiasis and carcinoma of the urinary bladder in Maiduguri, North East ...

OBJECTIVES To study and document the mandibular angle of Nigerians from the north eastern arid zone, and investigate its role as an anthropological parameter for racial and or population groups differential diagnosis, its utilization in laryngoscopy and for successful inferior alveolar nerve anesthesia. DESIGN A cross sectional study. SETTING Department of Anatomy, College of Medical Scienc...

Bacteraemia in Maiduguri Metropolis, Nigeria: A 2005 to 2009 study of some causative pathogens and fluoroquinolones activities against themOhieku John David, Rilwanu Aminu Magaji, Duru Christian

Maternal age is an important determinant of pregnancy outcome and women aged 35 years and above undergoing their first pregnancy are often classified as high risk obstetric patients. The objective of this study was to determine the birth outcome in some women going through their first pregnancy at 35 years and above compared with their younger counter parts aged 20-34 years. A ten year retrospe...

The study of psychotropic prescribing habits of professional colleagues has become important because of the widespread and unrestricted use of these drugs and the adverse effects of their longterm use. Furthermore, the irrational use of benzodiazepines and prophylactic use of antiparkinsonian drugs is a common practice in psychiatric, teaching and general hospitals especially in developing coun...

10 cases . The histopathology laboratory of the UMTH provides referral services for all the hospitals and private clinics in Borno State as well as other neighbouring States in the northeastern part of Nigeria. Therefore, the aim of this study was to provide baseline data on the frequency of occurrence, age and parity of patients, clinical presentation, degenerative changes, diseases associated...