Bacteremia in Hospitalized Black South African Children

This paper presents data from an observational investigation of 80 African children growing up at home in the year before school. Data cover aspects of social interaction, language use, activity patterns, and object utilisation. Gender differences are examined, and results are compared with those from observational studies of Euro-American children of similar age. These data provide baseline data on black South African children, about whom relatively little has been published, and offers insight into the everyday lives of preschool-aged children from the developing world.

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Renal problems in black South African children *

Pediatric Nephrology ◽

10.1007/s004670050330 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 508-512 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Peter D. Thomson

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Black South African ◽

African Children ◽

South African Children

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Dietary risk markers that contribute to the aetiology of hypertension in black South African children: the THUSA BANA study

Journal of Human Hypertension ◽

10.1038/sj.jhh.1001508 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 29-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

A E Schutte ◽

J M van Rooyen ◽

H W Huisman ◽

H S Kruger ◽

N T Malan ◽

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Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Risk Markers ◽

Black South African ◽

African Children ◽

Dietary Risk ◽

South African Children

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Racial Preference and Self-Esteem in Black South African Children

South African Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1177/008124639502500403 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 217-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Madeleine Kelly ◽

John Duckitt

Keyword(s):

Racial Discrimination ◽

South African ◽

Social Group ◽

Black Children ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Older Children ◽

Minority Children ◽

Black South African ◽

African Children ◽

South African Children

Discrimination against black minority children was originally viewed as causing them to evaluate their own-group negatively and the white out-group positively, resulting in impaired self-esteem. Research, however, has produced inconsistent findings, possibly because of social change and the black consciousness movement. The present study investigated this issue among black South African children, a social group that has experienced particularly severe racial discrimination. As expected, the findings indicated that self-esteem, own-group racial pride, and overall ethnocentrism were significantly higher amongst older ( n = 37; 10 to 12-years old) than among younger black children ( n = 41; 6 to 8-years old). The younger children showed a slight though non-significant tendency to out-group favouritism, while the pattern for the older children was non-preference. However, the correlations of self-esteem with in-group pride, out-group prejudice, and overall ethnocentrism were non-significant suggesting that the own-group and out-group attitudes of minority children do not necessarily effect their self-attitudes.

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The podocin V260E mutation predicts steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome in black South African children with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Communications Biology ◽

10.1038/s42003-019-0658-1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Melanie A. Govender ◽

June Fabian ◽

Errol Gottlich ◽

Cecil Levy ◽

Glenda Moonsamy ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nephrotic Syndrome ◽

South African ◽

Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis ◽

Steroid Resistance ◽

Steroid Resistant ◽

Steroid Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome ◽

Black South African ◽

African Children ◽

Segmental Glomerulosclerosis ◽

South African Children

AbstractIn black African children with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) there are high rates of steroid resistance. The aim was to determine genetic associations with apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) renal risk variants and podocin (NPHS2) variants in 30 unrelated black South African children with FSGS. Three APOL1 variants were genotyped and the exons of the NPHS2 gene sequenced in the cases and controls. APOL1 risk alleles show a modest association with steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) and steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS). The NPHS2 V260E variant was present in SRNS cases (V/V = 5; V/E = 4; E/E = 11), and was absent in SSNS cases. Haplotype analysis suggests a single mutation origin for V260E and it was associated with a decline in kidney function over a 60-month period (p = 0.026). The V260E variant is a good predictor of autosomal recessive SRNS in black South African children and could provide useful information in a clinical setting.

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