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Secondary dyslipidaemia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DJ Blom --- Division of Lipidology, Department of Medicine,Plasma lipid levels are determined by the interplay of environmental and genetic factors. Occasionally environmental factors may alter lipid levels significantly, resulting in secondary dyslipidaemia. The lipid phenotype in secondary dyslipidaemia is very variable (e.g. predominant hypercholesterolaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia or changes... -
Liver dysfunction as the presenting feature of disseminated cryptococcosis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Shailaja Shukla --- Department of Pathology, India Jyoti Garg --- Department of Pathology, India Gunjan Mahajan --- Department of Pathology, India Sunita Sharma --- Department of Pathology, IndiaDisseminated cryptococcosis is rare in immunocompetent individuals with central nervous and respiratory systems being the most common initial sites of involvement. Liver dysfunction as a presenting feature of disseminated cryptococcosis has been reported rarely, with the majority of patients being... -
Profile of adult patients admitted with drug-induced liver injury at a district hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: K Naicker --- Department of Family Medicine, Durban S Rangiah --- Department of Family Medicine, DurbanBackground: Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) can be prevented if diagnosed and treated timeously. The identification and primary prevention of DILI risk factors presents the rational means of reducing hospital costs and mortality.