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  • Asthma prevalence, knowledge, and perceptions among secondary school pupils in rural and urban coastal districts in Tanzania 

    Shimwela, Meshack; Mwita, Julius C.; Mwandri, Michael; Rwegerera, Godfrey M.; Mashalla, Yohana; Mugusi, Ferdinand (Biomed Central, http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth, 2014)
    Background: Asthma is a common chronic disease of childhood that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of asthma among secondary school pupils in urban and rural areas ...
  • A case of cryptococcal lymphadenitis in an HIV-Infected woman 

    Rwegerera, Godfrey M.; Chowdhury, Wahhab; Setime, Mpho A.; Vento, Sandro (Israel Medical Association; https://www.ima.org.il/eng/, 2014-02)
    A 31 year old black African woman presented at a local clinic in Botswana with a 1 week history of a painless swelling on the left side of her neck. She did not have fever, night sweats, productive cough or weight loss. ...
  • Cavernous sinus thrombosis in a 14-year old boy 

    Mokgacha, Kabelo; Maruza, Monde P.; Sesay, Sheikh O.; Rwegerera, Godfrey M. (Turkish National Pediatric Society; ipa-world.org/society-resources/code/member-view-news-detail.php?id=446, 2018-07-01)
    Cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is a rare, life-threatening disorder occurring as a result of sepsis or secondary to aseptic causes in the setting of a thrombophilic disorder that has over the years been linked to high ...
  • Metastatic cutaneous epithelioid hemangioendothelioma involving right atrium - a case report 

    Rwegerera, Godfrey M.; Mosenye, Sandy Mpho; Daimari, Rahul; Sharma, Neha; Chikanda, Princess Lelani; Zhou, Feng (Sciedu Press, http://www.sciedupress.com, 2016-06-24)
    Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare vascular endothelial tumour with unpredictable malignant potential. The common sites involved are the lung, liver and soft tissues; with cardiac involvement being a very ...
  • A rare case of turner syndrome mosaicism in an African black woman 

    Rwegerera, Godfrey M.; Rivera, Yordanka P. (Sciedu Press, www.sciedupress.com, 2016-09-19)
    Turner syndrome (TS) is a chromosomal disorder caused by partial or complete absence of an X chromosome in at least one tissue of the body with about 50% of patients having a different chromosome formula. The 45, X/46, XY ...
  • The triad of iron deficiency anemia,hepatosplenomegaly and growth retardation with normal serum zinc levels in a 14-year old boy 

    Rwegerera, Godfrey M.; Joel, Dipesalema R.; Bakilana, Christina; Maruza, Monde P. (Medical and Dental Consultants' Association of Nigeria, http://www.mdcan.org.ng/, 2015-06-22)
    A triad of iron deficiency anemia, hepatosplenomegaly and growth retardation occurring in tandem with zinc deficiency has been reported in the past as components of either Prasad’s syndrome or hypopituitarism. There are ...