CONTENTS

Editorial: Adenotonsillectomy

I.M. Macharia 

377

Frequency of adenotonsillectomy in some Nairobi hospitals 

H. O. Oburra and M. Idenya 

338

Bacteriology of chronic maxillary sinusitis at Kenyatta National hospital, Nairobi

J. K. kamau, I. M. Macharia and P. A. Odhiambo 

343

Management of perforated duodenal ulcer in a resource poor environment

A. G. Hill 

346

Leukemia at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi

J. M. Mukiibi, C. M. Nyirenda, J. O. Adewuyi, E. L. B. Mzula, E.D. Magombo and E. M. Mbvundula 

349

Acute appendicitis in a Kenya rural hospital

W. S. Willmore and A. G. Hill 

355

Benign breast diseases in an Afro-Caribbean population

M. E. C. McFarlane 

358

Expression of Oestrogen and progesterone receptors, Ki-67,p53 and bcl-2 proteins, cathepsin D, urokinase plasminogen activator and urokinase plasminogen activator-receptors in carcinomas of the female breast in an African population

M. P. Mbonde, H. Amir, L. A. Akslen and J. N. Kitinya 

360

Splenic size determination in sickle cell anaemia: an ultrasonographic study 

A. A. Olatunji and P. O. Olatunji 

366

Nadir neutrophil counts in patients with treated for breast cancer with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide 

N. A. Othieno-Abinyu, L. O Nyabola, A. O. Nyong;o and R. Baraza 

370

Survival advantage in female patients with sickle cell anaemia

T. R. Kotila and W. A. Shokunbi 

373

Experience with vincristine-associated neurotoxicity 

N. A. Othieno-Abinya and L. O. Nyabola 

376

Surgical output in Kabale District, Uganda

J. S. Nabembezi and E. Nordberg 

379

Attitude and social consequences of tuberculosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

M. Gelaw, T. Genebo, A. Dejene, E. Lemma and G. Eyob 

382

Primary chest Hodgkin's disease diagnosed by pleural biopsy: case report

G. Bilgin, A. S. Yilmaz, E. Koksal, E. Gulhan, S. Akbulut, G. Ergul and E. Ozyilkan 

389

Letters to the Editor-in-chief 

354