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Volume 1, Number 1, July 2002
Contents

Editorial
Introducing a new multi-disciplinary journal in medicine  5
FE Okonofua
Original Research Articles 
Systemic conditions among dental patients in Benin City, Nigeria  7
Obuekwe ON, Akpata O, Odai C, Ojo MA and Madukwe IU
Abstract
Indigenous methods used for the management of diarrhoea in an urban community in Edo State, Nigeria  12
Ifeyinwa Flossy Obuekwe and Ifechukwude Chukwuma Obuekwe
Abstract
Leg ulceration in a population of Nigerian patients with sickle cell anaemia - twenty years experience  18
PO Idaewor, ME Enosolease and MI Momoh
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The science and knowledge of forensic odontology: repositioning the dentist in the legal environment  22
IU Madukwe, AO Akhigbe, WO Akhiwu, KO Akhigbe and MA Ojo
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Histological studies of the effects of halofantrine hydrochloride (Halfan) on the histology of the uterine tube of mature female wistar rats  27
FO Agoreyo and JO Adjene
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Seroprevalence of maternal and neonatal antibodies to human immunodeficiency and hepatitis B viruses in Benin City, Nigeria  32
JUE Onakewhor, FE Okonofua and E Offor
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Breast cancer in the elderly  39
Chibundu E Ohanaka
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Current trends in the use of salt-sugar solution in the management of acute diarrhoea episodes in Benin City, Nigeria 

43

Onyema Ezenwa Clifford, Ibadin Okoeguale Michael, and Ofovwe Egberue Gabriel

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Early discharge following open appendectomy - a Nigerian experience 

51

Olu O. Oludiran and Chibu E. Ohanaka

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The pattern of computerized tomographic findings in patients with clinical suspicion of intracranal space-occupying lesions in a teaching hospital 

54

AO Akhigbe, AO Ogunrin and KO Akhigbe

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Adolescents and HIV/AIDS: an update of cases seen in Benin City, Nigeria 

59

E Offor, E Unuigbe and O Ogbeide

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Haemorheological parameters in hypertensive Nigerians compared to normotensive controls 

63

DV Dapper and DA Ighoroje

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Acceptability of surgery as initial treatment for primary open angle glaucoma 

68

AE Omoti, OT Edema and MJM Waziri-Erameh

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