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A Comparison of Calcium, Vitamin D, or Both for Nutritional Rickets in Nigerian Children by Thacher, Tom D, Fischer, Philip R, Pettifor, John M, Lawson, Juliana O, Isichei, Christian O, Reading, James C, Chan, Gary M

“…Nutritional rickets causes considerable disability among children. 1 Though virtually eliminated from Europe and North America by the fortification of foods…”
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Comparison of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility using solid and liquid culture in Nigeria by Lawson, Lovett, Emenyonu, Nanmdi, Abdurrahman, Saddiq T, Lawson, Juliana O, Uzoewulu, Gertrude N, Sogaolu, Olumide M, Ebisike, Juliana N, Parry, Christopher M, Yassin, Mohammed A, Cuevas, Luis E

“…This study compares Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture isolation and drug sensitivity testing (DST) using solid (LJ) and liquid (BACTEC-MGIT-960) media in…”
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Sickle-Cell Disease in Nigerian Children: Parental Knowledge and Laboratory Results by Obaro, Stephen K, Daniel, Yvonne, Lawson, Juliana O, Hsu, Wei-Wei, Dada, John, Essen, Uduak, Ibrahim, Khalid, Akindele, Adebayo, Brooks, Kevin, Olanipekun, Grace, Ajose, Theresa, Stewart, Claire E, Inusa, Baba P D

“…Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited genetic disorder in sub-Saharan Africa, and it is associated with early mortality and lifelong…”
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Case-control study of factors associated with nutritional rickets in Nigerian children by Thacher, Tom D., Fischer, Philip R., Pettifor, John M., Lawson, Juliana O., Isichei, Christian O., Chan, Gary M.

“…Objective: Because the causes of nutritional rickets in tropical countries are poorly understood, we conducted a case-control study to determine factors…”
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Clinical presentation of adults with pulmonary tuberculosis with and without HIV infection in Nigeria by Lawson, Lovett, Yassin, Mohammed A., Thacher, Tom D., Olatunji, Olubunmi O., Lawson, Juliana O., Akingbogun, Titi I., Bello, Cornelius S.S., Cuevas, Luis E., Davies, Peter D.O.

“…Our aim was to describe the frequency of HIV infection among patients with tuberculosis and compare their characteristics with patients with TB but not…”
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Radiographic scoring method for the assessment of the severity of nutritional rickets by Thacher, TD, Fischer, PR, Pettifor, JM, Lawson, JO, Manaster, BJ, Reading, JC

“…Radiographic changes of rickets are well characterized, but no method of grading the severity of these changes has been in general use. Consequently, it is…”
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Absence of vitamin D deficiency in young Nigerian children by Pfitzner, Mark A., Thacher, Tom D., Pettifor, John M., Zoakah, A.I., Lawson, Juliana O., Isichei, Christian O., Fischer, Philip R.

“…Objective: To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in young Nigerian children residing in an area where nutritional rickets is common. Study…”
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Rickets in Nigerian children: response to calcium supplementation by Thacher, T, Glew, RH, Isichei, C, Lawson, JO, Scariano, JK, Hollis, BW, VanderJagt, DJ

“…In a previous study of rachitic children in Jos, Nigeria we concluded that inadequate dietary intake of calcium was the primary contributing factor to the…”
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Prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in nigerian children by Pfitzner, Mark A, Thacher, Tom D, Pettifor, John M, Zoakah, A I, Lawson, Juliana O, Fischer, Philip R

“…ABSTRACT Objective To determine the prevalence and risk factors of elevated blood lead levels in young, urban Nigerian children. Design A randomized cluster…”
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