Three decades of gastroenterology in Soweto South Africa: from descriptive to scientific observations

Thesis

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Chapter 1 Co-ordinating document Selected list of publications Scope of thesis

Chapter 2 Emergence of Diverticular Disease in the Urban South African Black

Chapter 3 The Distributional Pattern of Diverticular Disease

Chapter 4 Malabsorption of Carbohydrate Foods by Urban Blacks

Chapter 5 Does sucrase defiency in Black South Africans protect against colonic disease?

Chapter 6 Fecal Short Chain Fatty Acids in South African Urban Africans and Whites

Chapter 7 Polyps and Colorectal Cancer in South African Blacks

Chapter 8 Colonic Cell Proliferation in Two Different Ethnic Groups with Contrasting Incidence of Colon Cancer: is there a Difference in Carcinogenesis?

Chapter 9 Persistent Low Prevalence of Western Digestive Diseases in Africa: Confounding Aetiological Factors

Chapter 10 Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis

Chapter 11 Factors Associated with Oesophageal Cancer in Soweto, South Africa

Chapter 12 Pathological Effects of Pellagra on the Esophagus

Chapter 13 Iron, Ascorbate and Copper Status of Sowetan Blacks with Calcific Chronic Pancreatitis

Chapter 14 Acute Pancreatitis in Soweto, South Africa: Relationship Between Trypsinogen Load, Trypsinogen Activation, and Fibrinolysis

Chapter 15 Pancreatitis in Soweto, South Africa, Focus on Alcohol-related Disease

Chapter 16 Helicobacter pylori - an African perspective

Chapter 17 Summary Samenvatting Conclusions Acknowledgement Information about 'The Hospital' Curriculum Vitae The African Institute

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