title: Endomyocardial fibrosis in northern nigerian girl.
abstract: Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a disease of the tropics and subtropics; and the most common cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy. In Nigeria, it is more common in the rain forest zone; though few case reports have been documented in the Northern part of Nigeria; it is often more common amongst adolescents and young adults and in individuals of low socio-economic class. They may be asymptomatic for years with many presenting late in the course of the disease. However, a case of EMF in a 10-year-old Hausa girl who first presented at the age of 8-years and was also from a middle class family fully domiciled in northern Nigeria is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aliyu
keywords: Endomyocardial fibrosis; Hausa girl; Northern Nigeria