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Integrating A Reproductive Health Framework Within Primary Care Services: The Experience Of The Reproductive Health Intervention Study, Karima Khalil, Abdel Moneim Farag, Assem Anwar, Dina Galal, Olfia Kamal, Karraze Shorbagi, Miral Breebaart, Hind Khattab, Nabil Younis, Huda Zurayk Jan 2000

Integrating A Reproductive Health Framework Within Primary Care Services: The Experience Of The Reproductive Health Intervention Study, Karima Khalil, Abdel Moneim Farag, Assem Anwar, Dina Galal, Olfia Kamal, Karraze Shorbagi, Miral Breebaart, Hind Khattab, Nabil Younis, Huda Zurayk

Reproductive Health

This paper is part of the Policy Series in Reproductive Health, which shares research undertaken by the Reproductive Health Working Group (RHWG). It describes the Reproductive Health Intervention Study, which designed and tested a model of essential reproductive health (RH) services. RHWG was established in 1988 as part of a special program on the health of women and children within the context of the family and community initiated by the Population Council’s Regional Office for the West Asia and North Africa region. The paper identifies a framework of basic service components that address RH and shows that their delivery is …

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Salud Sexual Y Reproductiva Reforma Del Sector Salud En América Latin Y El Caribe: Desafíos Y Oportunidades, Ana Langer, Gustavo Nigenda Jan 2000

Salud Sexual Y Reproductiva Reforma Del Sector Salud En América Latin Y El Caribe: Desafíos Y Oportunidades, Ana Langer, Gustavo Nigenda

Reproductive Health

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Report On The International Symposium On Quality Of Care In China, Population Council Jan 2000

Report On The International Symposium On Quality Of Care In China, Population Council

Reproductive Health

In 1995, China’s State Family Planning Commission (SFPC), the governmental agency charged with developing and implementing China’s population policy, issued an official call for the reorientation of the family planning program from a focus on demographic targets to meeting clients’ needs. In support of this reorientation effort, the SFPC selected six rural counties and five urban districts with comparatively good socioeconomic conditions as pilot sites for a quality-of-care experiment. This report provides a summary of an international symposium on quality of care held in Beijing from November 17–19, 1999. The symposium was sponsored by SFPC with the support of the …

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Adolescents And Reproductive Health In Pakistan: A Literature Review, Ayesha Khan Jan 2000

Adolescents And Reproductive Health In Pakistan: A Literature Review, Ayesha Khan

Reproductive Health

This report reviews research and findings on adolescents and reproductive health in Pakistan. The material is drawn from a range of national surveys and medical research, as well as information gathered by nongovernmental organizations. Although adolescents make up a quarter of the population of Pakistan, they are still a new subject for research. The characterization of adolescents for this review is individuals ages 10–19, whether or not they are married, sexually active, or parents. The discussion of the research material is based on the assumption that adolescence is a developmental phase, a transition from childhood to adulthood. Basic data on …

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From The Home To The Clinic: The Next Chapter In Bangladesh's Family Planning Success Story Rural Sites, Linda Bates, Md. Khairul Islam, Sidney Ruth Schuler, Md. Alauddinn Jan 2000

From The Home To The Clinic: The Next Chapter In Bangladesh's Family Planning Success Story Rural Sites, Linda Bates, Md. Khairul Islam, Sidney Ruth Schuler, Md. Alauddinn

Reproductive Health

This study reports on Bangladesh’s new program model for reproductive health service delivery and people's reactions to it. NGOs in Bangladesh have discontinued door-to-door contraceptive distribution in response to the government’s integrated, clinic-focused approach. The findings from this study strongly support these policy changes: clients and communities are responding favorably to many aspects of the new model, and there do not seem to be intractable social barriers to service utilization. As the NGOs and the Bangladesh government proceed with implementation of the integrated, essential health services model, additional strategies will be needed to erode the paternalistic service delivery culture that …

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Intra-Household Decision-Making On Health And Resource Allocation In Borgou, Bénin, Pierre Ngom, Salome Wawire, Timothee Gandaho, Pierre Klissou, Toussaint Adjimon, Mbaye Seye, Emile Akouanou, Laurie Winter Jan 2000

Intra-Household Decision-Making On Health And Resource Allocation In Borgou, Bénin, Pierre Ngom, Salome Wawire, Timothee Gandaho, Pierre Klissou, Toussaint Adjimon, Mbaye Seye, Emile Akouanou, Laurie Winter

Reproductive Health

The African Population and Health Research Centre carried out this study, with support from FRONTIERS and USAID, in order to inform Benin’s Projet Intégré en Santé Familiale (Integrated Project on Family Health—PROSAF) about socio-cultural factors in Borgou that can impede health improvements. More specifically, the study aimed to identify key players in household decisionmaking processes, map out patterns of health-seeking behavior, elucidate how such patterns are associated with prevailing health services utilization, assess community valuation of existing health services and products, and recommend to PROSAF approaches to identified target groups for their intervention. The findings indicate that for all the …

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Integrating Issues Of Sexuality Into Egyptian Family Planning Counseling, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Laila Nawar, Hala Youssef, Dale Huntington Jan 2000

Integrating Issues Of Sexuality Into Egyptian Family Planning Counseling, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Laila Nawar, Hala Youssef, Dale Huntington

Reproductive Health

The Population Council studied the acceptability of including sexuality issues in family planning (FP) in Egypt, a conservative society with social restrictions around discussions of sex. The study results showed that sexuality counseling is acceptable to family planning clients in Egypt; in fact, sexuality-related problems and concerns were found to be very common in the study group. Similarly, training family planning service providers on issues of sexuality is both feasible and acceptable to providers. The report offers recommendations for refining existing FP training programs and services including: integrating issues of sexuality into FP counseling, training FP service providers on the …

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Increasing The Coverage Of Reproductive Health Issues In The Egyptian Press, Sahar Hegazi, Mona Khalifa Jan 2000

Increasing The Coverage Of Reproductive Health Issues In The Egyptian Press, Sahar Hegazi, Mona Khalifa

Reproductive Health

This project, based on previous experiments of the FRONTIERS and POLICY projects, aimed to widen media coverage in Egypt of critical reproductive health issues and to communicate related research findings in a more systematic manner. Increasing coverage in the Egyptian press first required an assessment of the current coverage. Second, a network was formed of about 20 journalists from newspapers and magazines of different publishing houses, followed by four roundtable discussions on critical reproductive health issues. The results of evaluation sheets from the roundtable discussions showed a general increase in the journalists’ knowledge about reproductive health issues, especially for important …

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An Assessment Of The Community Based Distribution Programs In Ghana, Jane Chege, Diouratie Sanogo, Ian Askew, Angela Bannerman, Steve Grey, Evam Kofi Glover, Francis Yankey, Joana Nerquaye-Tetteh Jan 2000

An Assessment Of The Community Based Distribution Programs In Ghana, Jane Chege, Diouratie Sanogo, Ian Askew, Angela Bannerman, Steve Grey, Evam Kofi Glover, Francis Yankey, Joana Nerquaye-Tetteh

Reproductive Health

This study was carried out to describe the major NGO community-based distribution (CBD) programs in Ghana, and to assess in some detail the functioning, quality of care, and performance of the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) program. The study showed that national coverage by the NGO programs is extensive—virtually all the 110 districts in the 10 regions have at least one program. However, coverage within districts is sparse, as each program covers only a few communities. The results have been communicated to the NGOs whose programs were included in the study and PPAG has already identified a number of …

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Integrating Men Into The Reproductive Health Equation: Acceptability And Feasibility In Kenya, Esther G. Muia, Violet Kimani, Ann Leonard Jan 2000

Integrating Men Into The Reproductive Health Equation: Acceptability And Feasibility In Kenya, Esther G. Muia, Violet Kimani, Ann Leonard

Reproductive Health

This study’s objective was to improve understanding of Kenyan men’s actual and potential roles as supportive partners in various phases of reproductive health (RH), to help in the design of strategies to encourage men’s greater participation in a variety of RH initiatives in Kenya. The results of the study clearly show that, to a larger extent than anticipated, men in Kenya already participate in women-centered RH services. Overall the institutional barriers seemed to be more overwhelming than the cultural barriers, given that one of the reasons frequently given for nonparticipation was fear of non-acceptance by the health providers. Based on …

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Rights, Technology, And Services In Reproductive Health: A Report From A Meeting, Marion Carter, C. Elizabeth Mcgrory Jan 2000

Rights, Technology, And Services In Reproductive Health: A Report From A Meeting, Marion Carter, C. Elizabeth Mcgrory

Reproductive Health

The Population Council’s Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health convened a two-day meeting to explore some of the compelling issues at the intersection of technology, services, and rights. Nearly 70 professionals from the research, policy, service delivery, human rights, and advocacy fields came together to grapple with some of the political aspects of reproductive technologies. Participants also discussed how these technologies can facilitate or constrain rights, depending on the interests involved and the particular social, political, and economic contexts in which they are used. This report on the meeting concludes that in order for program managers …

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Sacred Rupture : Bataillean Concepts In The Short Stories Of Flannery O'Connor, Anne Elizabeth Evans Jan 2000

Sacred Rupture : Bataillean Concepts In The Short Stories Of Flannery O'Connor, Anne Elizabeth Evans

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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United States V General Dynamics: A Reappraisal, Anthony Wylie Jan 2000

United States V General Dynamics: A Reappraisal, Anthony Wylie

University Avenue Undergraduate Journal of Economics

The purpose of this paper is to examine the reasons behind Material Services’ acquisitions, the reasons why the Government contested the mergers, and how the Government erred in analyzing the case. We wish to show that the combination of the three coal firms—Material Services, Freeman Coal, and United Electric—occurred for reasons of economic efficiency and practicality, not based on any atavistic desire to monopolize and damage social welfare.

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National Political Influence And The Catholic Church, Jennifer Nash '00 Jan 2000

National Political Influence And The Catholic Church, Jennifer Nash '00

Res Publica - Journal of Undergraduate Research

Democratic transitions recently became a topic of great discussion among political scholars as a domino effect of democratization began in Latin America in the 1970s and continued through Eastern Europe in the late 1980s. In many of these transitions, the Catholic Church played a crucial role as the protector of civil society during periods of communist and right-wing authoritarian rule, as well as taking an active role to promote the establishment of democracy. While the Church’s political role in transition is important, significantly fewer scholars have explored how democracy affected the Catholic Church within the national context. Even fewer have …

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The Role Of Civil Affairs In Mine Action, Cisr Jan 2000

The Role Of Civil Affairs In Mine Action, Cisr

Global CWD Repository

This study, “The Role of Civil Affairs in Mine Action,” is not intended to be read from cover to cover by most users. It has been researched and written with three target audiences in mind: 1) the Mine Action official who would like to learn more about the application of Civil Affairs capabilities to humanitarian demining activities, 2) the Civil Affairs officer who would like to learn more about challenges and actions within the realm of humanitarian demining operations, and 3) US military officials who have a responsibility for, or an interest in, the proper unit design and uses of …

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Examining The Reliability And Validity Of The Hrd Student Evaluation Instrument, Dory Marken Jan 2000

Examining The Reliability And Validity Of The Hrd Student Evaluation Instrument, Dory Marken

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Standing For Protection Of Collective Rights In The European Communities, Alison Peck Jan 2000

Standing For Protection Of Collective Rights In The European Communities, Alison Peck

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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Thyroid Function In Cord Blood, Gerard Henry, Samia H. Sobki, Najla M. Al-Beshara, Mimmi E. Harkonen, Helen R Miller, Basil J. Al-Nakeeb Jan 2000

Thyroid Function In Cord Blood, Gerard Henry, Samia H. Sobki, Najla M. Al-Beshara, Mimmi E. Harkonen, Helen R Miller, Basil J. Al-Nakeeb

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the biochemical parameters of thyroid function in the cord blood of Saudi infants. METHODS: Cord blood samples sent to the Pathology Department for screening for congenital hypothyroidism were used to determine the reference ranges for thyrotropin, free thyroxine, free triiodothyronine, thyroxine-binding globulin and thyroglobulin. All the measurements were carried out by immunoassay (Elisa, microparticle enzyme immunoassay or chemiluminescence immunoassay). Reference ranges were calculated after exclusion of outliers. RESULTS: Reference ranges for thyrotropin, free thyroxine and thyroxine-binding globulin were similar to published values, whereas those for free triiodothyronine and thyroglobulin were different. CONCLUSION: For correct interpretation of the …

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Clobazam For The Treatment Of Intractable Childhood Epilepsy, Mohammed M. Jan, Ali O. Shaabat Jan 2000

Clobazam For The Treatment Of Intractable Childhood Epilepsy, Mohammed M. Jan, Ali O. Shaabat

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: Clobazam is a newer 1,5-benzodiazepine used for the treatment of epilepsy. It is better tolerated and less sedating than other benzodiazepines. It has yet to gain wide use for epilepsy in the Middle East. Our objective is to report our experience with clobazam for the treatment of childhood epilepsy. METHODS: A cohort of children with intractable epilepsy, defined as recurrent seizures after at least 3 anti-epileptic medication trials, were included prospectively. Clobazam was added to a maximum dose of 2 mg/kg/day. Follow-up by two pediatric neurologists was performed. Therapeutic response was recorded as complete (no seizures), good (>50% …

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Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy, Roshan L. Koul, Alexander Chacko, Zakia Al-Lamki, Adel M. Al-Amri, Saleh Al-Khusaiby Jan 2000

Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy, Roshan L. Koul, Alexander Chacko, Zakia Al-Lamki, Adel M. Al-Amri, Saleh Al-Khusaiby

Neurosciences

Five children (3F:2M), in the age group 1 years to 11 years, with Munchausen syndrome by proxy are reported from the Sultanate of Oman. They were seen over a four years period from 1996-1999. In all these children, the mother came up with history of uncontrolled epilepsy. Carbamazepine was the most common antiepileptic drug used. One of these children remained hospitalized elsewhere for nearly 9 months, as a case of uncontrolled status epilepticus. It took 18 months to 6 years (mean 2.8 years) to establish the diagnosis and the mother was the offender in all. The main lead to diagnosis, …

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Guidelines For The Prevention Of Migraine, Dirk Deleu, Yolande Hanssens Jan 2000

Guidelines For The Prevention Of Migraine, Dirk Deleu, Yolande Hanssens

Neurosciences

Treatment of migraine has traditionally been divided into managing acute attacks and prophylactic treatment. Treatment of acute migraine has been the subject of many research papers and review articles in recent literature partly at the cost of prophylactic treatment, which is the focus of this review. The objective of prophylactic therapy is to reduce frequency, duration and severity of attacks in addition to optimize the patient’s ability to function normally. Preventive therapy is usually undertaken in patients who have more than two migraine episodes per month or when less frequent have severely disabling headaches resistant to usual treatment. Beta-blocking drugs …

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Attitudes Of Omani Physicians To People With Epilepsy, Samir H. Al-Adawi, Masoud Y. Al-Maskari, Rodger G. Martin, Aziz N. Al-Naamani, Kassim A. Al-Riyamy, Ala’Aldin A. Al-Hussaini Jan 2000

Attitudes Of Omani Physicians To People With Epilepsy, Samir H. Al-Adawi, Masoud Y. Al-Maskari, Rodger G. Martin, Aziz N. Al-Naamani, Kassim A. Al-Riyamy, Ala’Aldin A. Al-Hussaini

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: This study reports the results of a questionnaire design to elicit doctors views about epilepsy. METHODS: Sixty-two percent of medical staff working in different regions of Oman responded. The questionnaire covered certain topics regarding the source of the knowledge of the doctors on seizure disorders and the personalities and behavior of people with epilepsy. RESULTS: The study suggests that although doctors in Oman gained knowledge on epilepsy prior to medical education, more doctors judged people with epilepsy ‘negatively’ compared to ‘positively’ for normal people. CONCLUSION: A developing country such as Oman needs to inculcate perceptions and attitude that are …

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Substance Dependence. A Hospital Based Survey, Nayyer Iqbal Jan 2000

Substance Dependence. A Hospital Based Survey, Nayyer Iqbal

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To collect basic data on multiple and diverse issues such as drugs of dependence, smoking, initiation age, injection related harm, nutritional status, trauma, accidents, abnormal laboratory parameters and co-morbid conditions. METHODS: Seven hundred and ninety nine subjects from a voluntary detoxification unit were studied. Four hundred and ninety seven charts from June 1995 to December 1995 were reviewed retrospectively. For the other 302 subjects admitted between September 1996 to December 1996, information regarding drug use, smoking, trauma, accidents and co-morbid conditions was recorded during the admission interview while the remaining data was later obtained from the charts. RESULTS: Sixty …

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Childhood Enuresis. Epidemiology, Pathophysiology And Management, Yaser S. Al-Ghamdy, Naseem A. Qureshi, Muzamil H. Abdelgadir Jan 2000

Childhood Enuresis. Epidemiology, Pathophysiology And Management, Yaser S. Al-Ghamdy, Naseem A. Qureshi, Muzamil H. Abdelgadir

Neurosciences

The goal of this article is to review childhood enuresis, which is a common behavioral condition reported in millions of children worldwide. An online computer search was made, and the literature up to 1997 was screened in order to include relevant data for this review. The prevalence of childhood enuresis varies across reviewed studies. This was attributed to a variety of sociodemographic and cultural dynamics of societies. Similarly, the pathophysiology of this ubiquitous symptom is determined by multiple risk factors including biological, psychological, social, and cultural, but the developmental/maturational delay influenced by genetics remains the most plausible explanation. Although a …

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A Case For User Charges In Public Hospitals, Mohammed H. Mufti Jan 2000

A Case For User Charges In Public Hospitals, Mohammed H. Mufti

Saudi Medical Journal

The present decline in per capita expenditure on health in Saudi Arabia requires private funding to reduce pressure of health expenditure on the government budget. User charges would be an important source of revenue in the Kingdom where services cannot be cut and taxes are not imposed. User charges in public facilities would curtail over-utilization and reduce inefficient use of resources by providing a link between financial responsibility and the provision of services. The financial implication facing patients would encourage them to be more cost-conscience, and therefore their physicians would be encouraged to limit practices such as over prescribing drugs …

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Epilepsy And Driving In Saudi Arabia. A Pilot Study, Mohammed S. Abduljabbar Jan 2000

Epilepsy And Driving In Saudi Arabia. A Pilot Study, Mohammed S. Abduljabbar

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: There is paucity of information on the driving pattern of epileptic patients in Saudi Arabia. The purpose of this study was to document the frequency of epileptic patients that drive and the factors associated with this. METHODS: A Hospital-based study with structured interviews of consecutively recruited patients who gave prior consent. Seizure types, extent of control and factors presumed to be associated with driving were documented. RESULTS: One hundred and thirty eight male epileptics (mean age: 32.7 years) were studied. Only 15 patients (11%) were not driving. There was no difference in the mean ages of those who drove …

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Subclinical Diabetic Neuropathy. A Common Complication In Saudi Diabetics, Daad H. Akbar, Sirag A. Mira, Tareef H. Zawawi, Hussein M. Malibary Jan 2000

Subclinical Diabetic Neuropathy. A Common Complication In Saudi Diabetics, Daad H. Akbar, Sirag A. Mira, Tareef H. Zawawi, Hussein M. Malibary

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of sub clinical diabetic neuropathy in Saudi diabetics and the risk factors associated with symptomatic diabetic neuropathy. METHODS: A prospective study of Saudi diabetics attending King Abdulaziz University Hospital out patient clinic from January 1998 until April 1999. Detailed information of each patients’ age, sex, body mass index, type and duration of diabetes mellitus, mode of treatment, degree of blood glucose control, presence of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, family history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension were recorded. Patients were assessed for diabetic neuropathy using the Michigan Neuropathy Program. Patients who were asymptomatic and scored less than …

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Neuromuscular Weakness And Type Ii Respiratory Failure As A Result Of Chronic And Intermediate Organophsophate Poisoning, Saud Al-Faraj Jan 2000

Neuromuscular Weakness And Type Ii Respiratory Failure As A Result Of Chronic And Intermediate Organophsophate Poisoning, Saud Al-Faraj

Neurosciences

We report 3 cases with generalized neuromuscular weakness and Type II hypercapnoeic respiratory failue as a result of respiratory muscle weakness. This proved to be due to intoxication with organophosphate insecticides.

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In-Patient Treatment For Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Mohammed A. Al-Sughayir Jan 2000

In-Patient Treatment For Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Mohammed A. Al-Sughayir

Neurosciences

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is one of the increasing psychological disorders. If not detected early and treated properly, obsessive-compulsive disorder usually becomes an incapacitating illness adversely affecting almost all aspects of the patient’s life. Outpatient behavioral and pharmacotherapies frequently fail. This is a report on a severe case of obsessive-compulsive disorder that was treated as an in-patient with both behavior and pharmacotherapies, she was then followed up for 5 years with no relapse. The case reflects the importance and the need for in-patient units for severe resistant obsessive compulsive cases especially in Saudi Arabia where we have an increasing number of …

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Intracranial Tuberculoma, Tayseer M. Zein, Peter S. Fletcher, Zein M. Mirghani Jan 2000

Intracranial Tuberculoma, Tayseer M. Zein, Peter S. Fletcher, Zein M. Mirghani

Neurosciences

Six patients with cerebral tuberculoma seen over a 2 year period are reported. Their clinical presentations, the result of investigations including radiological findings and their response to medical treatment are discussed and correlated with other reports in the literature. Eighty five percent of the patients were above the age of 30 years. All patients had negative past history of tuberculosis and both chest x-ray and erythrocyte sedimentation rate were within normal limits. Five patients presented with symptoms and signs of space occupying lesions but none had papilloedema. Two patients showed paradoxical enlargement or development of new tuberculous lesions during antituberculous …

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