Ferritin and serum iron levels in adult patients with sickle cell anaemia at Ibadan, Nigeria.

The ferritin and serum iron levels in 100 adult patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) and in ten pregnant (SCA) females were measured. All the adult sickle cell anaemia patients had serum ferritin levels ranging between 325 ng/dl and > 1500 ng/dl. These levels are within and above the normal range.

Plasma immunoglobulin, total protein and albumin levels during Norplant use by Nigerian women.

Objective: To determine the effect of Norplant on plasma immunoglobulins, albumin and total proteins.

Design: A longitudinal prospective study of Norplant (six capsules) subdermal contraceptive implant acceptors.

Setting: Family Planning Clinic, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Plasma glucose and thiocyanate responses to different mixed cassava meals in non-diabetic Nigerians.

We measured plasma glucose and thiocyanate levels before and up to 4 h after feeding 11 overnight fasted healthy non-diabetic volunteers randomly on three occasions each with three locally consumed cassava meals: (i) gari as eba 50 g; (ii) lafun 50 g and (iii) parboiled cassava flakes 76 g. Each of these meals contained 175 kcal (0.7 MJ) and was consumed with a sauce to a total caloric value of 300 kcal (1.

Clinical, hormonal and biochemical features of menopausal women in Ibadan, Nigeria.

As a result of the general lack of information about the menopause in Nigeria this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of climacteric symptoms in a cohort of healthy perimenopausal women and also to evaluate the hormonal and biochemical profile of the subjects. Seventeen menopausal and 19 premenopausal women aged 40 years or more were interviewed and had venepuncture and collection of 24-h urine samples. Plasma from the blood samples was used for the assay of LH, FSH, progesterone, 17 beta-oestradiol, calcium and cholesterol while urinary calcium was determined from the 24-h urine samples.