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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Mseleni joint disease"”.
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Mseleni joint disease : a study of the clinical and radiological aspects and possible modes of inheritance
Mseleni Joint Disease is a disabling polyarticular disorder occurring with a high prevalence in the Mseleni area of Northern Zululand. During the past three years the series of epidemiological, genealogical and clinico-radiological studies carried out in the Mseleni Joint Disease Project have …
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Modelling the early development of cartilage and bone in Mseleni Joint Disease using induced pluripotent stem cells
Mseleni joint disease (MJD) is an unusual crippling osteoarthropathy that occurs in significant numbers of the indigenous population in a remote rural region of Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. The most affected joints are the hip, and early developmental abnormalities lead to secondary …
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Socio-ecological risk factors, explanatory models and treatment-seeking behaviours associated with Mseleni joint disease: a biocultural mixed methods study
Mseleni Joint Disease (MJD) is a crippling osteoarthropathy of unknown aetiology endemic to southern African Bantu-language speakers in a remote region of Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Effective management of MJD has been hindered by limited insight into risk factors, explanatory models or …
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Nutrient deficiencies in soils of the Mseleni area, Kwazulu-Natal
… into the nutrient status of soils in the Mseleni district of Kwazulu Natal, where nutrient deficiencies have been implicated in the etiology of an endemic disease. Mseleni Joint Disease (MJD) is a crippling, osteo-arthritic condition which afflicts an unusually high proportion of the …