Chronic respiratory disease observatory for Africa (CHEST-Africa): study protocol for the prevalence, determinants and economic impacts of asthma and COPD in Africa.

Autor: Ozoh OB; Department of Medicine, University of Lagos College of Medicine, Lagos, Nigeria oozoh@unilag.edu.ng.; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa., Ndimande N; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa., Amaral AFS; NHLI, Imperial College London, London, UK., Lesosky M; NHLI, Imperial College London, London, UK., Mbonigaba J; University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa., Stolbrink M; Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK., Zurba L; Education for health Africa, Durban, South Africa., Ayo-Olagunju T; Department of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere, Nigeria., Kayembe-Kitenge T; Higher Institute of Medical Techniques of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Congo (the Democratic Republic of the).; Lubumbashi University Hospital, Lubumbashi, Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)., Lakoh S; University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone., Mocumbi A; Department of Medicine, University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique.; Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique., Mohammed J; Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria., Nantanda R; Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda., Nunes E; Department of Medicine, University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique., Ouédraogo AR; University Joseph KI-ZEBRO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso., Owusu S; Department of Child Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana., Sibomana JP; Department of Medicine, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda., Masekela R; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa., Mortimer K; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa.; Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.

Publikováno v: BMJ open respiratory research [BMJ Open Respir Res] 2024 Jul 17; Vol. 11 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 17.

Fragile X syndrome in Democratic Republic of Congo: dysmorphic, cognitive and behavioral findings in 14 subjects from three families.

Autor: Kasole Lubala T; Division of Dysmorphology & Birth Defects, Department of Pediatrics, University of Lubumbashi, Congo., Kayembe-Kitenge T; Higher Institute of Medical Techniques, Lubumbashi.; Toxicology and environment unit, University of Lubumbashi, DR Congo., Lubala N; Division of Dysmorphology & Birth Defects, Department of Pediatrics, University of Lubumbashi, Congo., Kanteng G; Division of Dysmorphology & Birth Defects, Department of Pediatrics, University of Lubumbashi, Congo., Luboya O; Division of Dysmorphology & Birth Defects, Department of Pediatrics, University of Lubumbashi, Congo.; Higher Institute of Medical Techniques, Lubumbashi., Hagerman R; Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA., Lukusa-Tshilobo P; Faculté de Médecine, Département de Pédiatrie, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, DR Congo.; Centre de Génétique Humaine, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Congo.; Centre for Human Genetics - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Leuven - Belgique., Lumaka A; Faculté de Médecine, Département de Pédiatrie, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, DR Congo.; Centre de Génétique Humaine, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Congo.; Centre for Human Genetics - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Leuven - Belgique.

Publikováno v: Clinical dysmorphology [Clin Dysmorphol] 2024 Jan 01; Vol. 33 (1), pp. 9-15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 29.

Bombé, an undetermined substance that caused an outbreak of illicit drug use in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Autor: Musa Obadia P; Programme National de Lutte Contre les Toxicomanies et les Substances Toxiques, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Hygiène et Prévention de la R.D. Congo, Lubumbashi, DR Congo.; Unité de Toxicologie et Environnement, Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo.; Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Belgium., Milambo Kapia P; Programme National de Lutte Contre les Toxicomanies et les Substances Toxiques, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Hygiène et Prévention de la R.D. Congo, Lubumbashi, DR Congo., Bonneure A; Toxicology and Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium., Duca RC; Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Belgium.; Unit of Environmental Hygiene and Human Biological Monitoring, Department of Health Protection, Laboratoire National de Santé (LNS), Dudelange, Luxembourg., Creta M; Unit of Environmental Hygiene and Human Biological Monitoring, Department of Health Protection, Laboratoire National de Santé (LNS), Dudelange, Luxembourg., Kayembe-Kitenge T; Programme National de Lutte Contre les Toxicomanies et les Substances Toxiques, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Hygiène et Prévention de la R.D. Congo, Lubumbashi, DR Congo.; Unité de Toxicologie et Environnement, Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo.; Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo., Tytgat J; Toxicology and Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium., Okitundu D; Centre Neuro-Psycho-Pathologique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, DR Congo.; Centre de Santé Médico-Psychologique Bionique de Barumbu, Kinshasa, DR Congo., Banza Lubaba Nkulu C; Programme National de Lutte Contre les Toxicomanies et les Substances Toxiques, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Hygiène et Prévention de la R.D. Congo, Lubumbashi, DR Congo.; Unité de Toxicologie et Environnement, Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo., Nemery B; Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Belgium.

Publikováno v: Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) [Clin Toxicol (Phila)] 2023 Dec; Vol. 61 (12), pp. 1055-1058. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 25.

Usefulness of automated image analysis for recognition of the fragile X syndrome gestalt in Congolese subjects.

Autor: Lubala TK; Division of Dysmorphology & Birth Defects, Department of Pediatrics, University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo., Kayembe-Kitenge T; Unit of Toxicology and Environment, School of Public Health, University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Center for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Higher Institute of Medical Techniques, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Electronic address: tonykayemb@gmail.com., Mubungu G; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Center for Human Genetics, National Institute for Biomedical Research (NIBR), Democratic Republic of the Congo; Center for Human Genetics, University Hospital Leuven, University of Leuven, Belgium., Lumaka A; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Center for Human Genetics, National Institute for Biomedical Research (NIBR), Democratic Republic of the Congo; Center for Human Genetics, University Hospital Leuven, University of Leuven, Belgium; Department of Biomedical and Preclinical Sciences, GIGA-Rm Laboratory of Human Genetics, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium., Kanteng G; Division of Dysmorphology & Birth Defects, Department of Pediatrics, University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo., Savage S; FDNA Inc., Boston, MA, USA., Luboya O; Division of Dysmorphology & Birth Defects, Department of Pediatrics, University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Higher Institute of Medical Techniques, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo., Hagerman R; Department of Pediatrics, MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA., Devriendt K; Center for Human Genetics, University Hospital Leuven, University of Leuven, Belgium., Lukusa-Tshilobo P; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Center for Human Genetics, National Institute for Biomedical Research (NIBR), Democratic Republic of the Congo; Center for Human Genetics, University Hospital Leuven, University of Leuven, Belgium.

Publikováno v: European journal of medical genetics [Eur J Med Genet] 2023 Sep; Vol. 66 (9), pp. 104819. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 31.

Agnathia otocephaly: A case from the Katanga Copperbelt.

Autor: Kayembe-Kitenge T; Unit of Toxicology and Environment, School of Public Health, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo.; Department of Internal Medicine University Hospital, University of Malemba-Nkulu, Malemba-Nkulu, DR Congo.; Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Manyong'a Kadiamba V; Department of Gynaeco-obstetrics, University Hospital, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo., de Luca C; Center for Human Genetics, University Hospital, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Musa Obadia P; Unit of Toxicology and Environment, School of Public Health, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo.; Department of Internal Medicine University Hospital, University of Malemba-Nkulu, Malemba-Nkulu, DR Congo.; Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Kasamba Ilunga E; Laboratory of the Clinical Hospital of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo., Mbuyi-Musanzayi S; Department of Surgery, University Hospital, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo., Nawrot T; Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Lubaba Nkulu CB; Unit of Toxicology and Environment, School of Public Health, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, DR Congo.; Department of Internal Medicine University Hospital, University of Malemba-Nkulu, Malemba-Nkulu, DR Congo., Nemery B; Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Devriendt K; Center for Human Genetics, University Hospital, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Publikováno v: Birth defects research [Birth Defects Res] 2020 Oct; Vol. 112 (16), pp. 1287-1291. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 08.