Familial cases of endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda.
This report describes nine cases of endomyocardial fibrosis occurring in four families. All patients came from Rwanda or South-western Uganda, and five had tropical splenomegaly syndrome as well. It seems likely that genetic as well as environmental factors are operative in the aetiology of endomyocardial fibrosis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012432:Rwanda; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000150:complications; D014454:Uganda