Norplant contains a potent progesteron, namely levonorgestrel. It induces iodine excretion in urine and simultaneously stimulates the thyroid function. The objectives of this study were to examine the T3, T4 and TSH concentration of the Norplant acceptors for 3 months. The subjects were 8 acceptors of Norplant taken from an endemic goiter area in Cangkringan, Sleman, Yogyakarta. The results of …
Typhoid fever is still a health problem in tropic country like Indonesia and in Surabaya the disease is regarded as an endemic. Up to date the spreading pattern of the disease in that city is unknown. To determine the pattern, a cohort study was carried out in 2 subdistricts of Surabaya : Gubeng and Tambaksari for a period of two years (1992-1993). The first year is aimed for observation and ca…
Typhoid fever is still an endemic disease in Surabaya. Typhoid fever carrier plays important role in spreading typhoid fever disease. This research was carried out in Gubeng and Tambaksari district Surabaya Municipality in 1992. The purpose of this research is to find the prevalance of typhoid fever carrier among healthy family members of the person who suffered from typhoid fever in Gubeng and…
A comparative study between Slide Agglutination Test (SAT) and Widal Test for seeking S. typhosa antibody from suspected typhoid fever human sera has been conducted at the Department of Microbiology School of Medicine University of Indonesia in 1993. The outcome shows that 194 out of 200 human sera samples give same titer result against Widal Test and 6 samples give difference result. Statistic…