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- Congenital heart defects and consanguinity: An analysis of the Sidra cardiac registry data in Qatar. International journal of cardiology. Congenital heart disease. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
- Emotional preparedness for human body donor dissection in premedical education: A pilot program evaluation. Anatomical sciences education. 2024 Review GET IT
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                     Genome scans of facial features in East Africans and cross-population comparisons reveal novel associations. 
 
                    PLoS genetics. 
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 17
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                     Genome-wide copy number variations in a large cohort of bantu African children. 
 
                    BMC medical genomics. 
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 7
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                     The role of Vitamin B12 and genetic risk factors in the etiology of neural tube defects: A systematic review. 
 
                    International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience. 
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 8
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                     Soil transmitted helminth infection in primary school children varies with ecozone in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. 
 
                    Tropical medicine and health. 
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 7
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                     Lack of head sparing following third-trimester caloric restriction among Tanzanian Maasai. 
 
                    PloS one. 
            
             2020
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 9
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                     Effects of prenatal exposure and co-exposure to metallic or metalloid elements on early infant neurodevelopmental outcomes in areas with small-scale gold mining activities in Northern Tanzania. 
 
                    Environment international. 
            
             2020
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 45
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                     Maternal exposure to arsenic and mercury and associated risk of adverse birth outcomes in small-scale gold mining communities in Northern Tanzania. 
 
                    Environment international. 
            
             2020
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 53
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                     Validation of Dried Blood Spots for Maternal Biomonitoring of Nonessential Elements in an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Area of Tanzania. 
 
                    Environmental toxicology and chemistry. 
            
             2019
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 27
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                     A variant source of arterial supply to the ascending, transverse and descending colon.
              2019
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 Times cited: 4
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                     Maternal exposure to arsenic and mercury in small-scale gold mining areas of Northern Tanzania. 
 
                    Environmental research. 
            
             2019
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 45
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                     Facial shape manifestations of growth faltering in Tanzanian children. 
 
                    Journal of anatomy. 
            
             2017
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 6
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                     Body size and allometric variation in facial shape in children. 
 
                    American journal of physical anthropology. 
            
             2017
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 24
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                     Participatory science and innovation for improved sanitation and hygiene: process and outcome evaluation of project SHINE, a school-based intervention in Rural Tanzania. 
 
                    BMC public health. 
            
             2017
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 27
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                     Rapid automated landmarking for morphometric analysis of three-dimensional facial scans. 
 
                    Journal of anatomy. 
            
             2017
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 34
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                     Human Facial Shape and Size Heritability and Genetic Correlations. 
 
                    Genetics. 
            
             2016
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 62
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                     Genomewide Association Study of African Children Identifies Association of SCHIP1 and PDE8A with Facial Size and Shape. 
 
                    PLoS genetics. 
            
             2016
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 83
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                     Developing a Pictorial Sisterhood Method in collaboration with illiterate Maasai traditional birth attendants in northern Tanzania. 
 
                    International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 
            
             2016
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 3
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                     Improving gross anatomy learning using reciprocal peer teaching. 
 
                    BMC medical education. 
            
             2016
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 60
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                     What basic clinical procedures should be mastered by junior clerkship students? Experience at a single medical school in Tanzania. 
 
                    Advances in medical education and practice. 
            
             2016
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 4
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                     Surgical management of vascular anomalies in children at a tertiary care hospital in a resource-limited setting: a Tanzanian experience with 134 patients. 
 
                    BMC research notes. 
            
             2015
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 5
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                     Household-level predictors of maternal mental health and systemic inflammation among infants in Mwanza, Tanzania. 
 
                    American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 
            
             2015
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 16
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                     Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis at a tertiary care hospital in Tanzania: a surgical experience with 102 patients over a 5-year period. 
 
                    BMC research notes. 
            
             2015
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 21
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                     'WE CAN'T GET WORMS FROM COW DUNG': REPORTED KNOWLEDGE OF PARASITISM AMONG PASTORALIST YOUTH ATTENDING SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA, TANZANIA. 
 
                    Journal of biosocial science. 
            
             2015
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 5
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                     Co-existence of patent ductus arteriosus and left brachiocephalic artery: a case report.
              2015
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 Times cited: 2
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                     Facial morphometrics of children with non-syndromic orofacial clefts in Tanzania. 
 
                    BMC oral health. 
            
             2014
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 17
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                     Hirschsprung's disease in children: a five year experience at a university teaching hospital in northwestern Tanzania. 
 
                    BMC research notes. 
            
             2014
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 32
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                     Pattern and factors associated with congenital anomalies among young infants admitted at Bugando medical centre, Mwanza, Tanzania. 
 
                    BMC research notes. 
            
             2014
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 75
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                     A case of celiacomesenteric trunk in a Tanzanian man.
              2013
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 Times cited: 7
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                     Reducing microscopy-based malaria misdiagnosis in a low-resource area of Tanzania. 
 
                    Tanzania journal of health research. 
            
             2013
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 4
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                     Reducing malaria misdiagnosis: the importance of correctly interpreting Paracheck Pf® "faint test bands" in a low transmission area of Tanzania. 
 
                    BMC infectious diseases. 
            
             2011
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 11
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                     Orofacial clefts at Bugando Medical Centre: associated factors and postsurgical complications. 
 
                    The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. 
            
             2011
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 4
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                     Pathological features of Breast Cancer seen in Northwestern Tanzania: a nine years retrospective study. 
 
                    BMC research notes. 
            
             2011
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 32
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                     A variant branching pattern of the aortic arch: a case report.
              2011
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 Times cited: 13
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                     An assessment of orofacial clefts in Tanzania. 
 
                    BMC oral health. 
            
             2011
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 38
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                     Using the social entrepreneurship approach to generate innovative and sustainable malaria diagnosis interventions in Tanzania: a case study.
              2010
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 Times cited: 10
