He did major research in endomyocardial fibrosis, endemic goitre, sickle-cell disease and other areas of national need.
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Rare other causes include carcinoid syndrome, endocarditis, endomyocardial fibrosis, lupus erythematosus, right atrial myxoma and congenital tricuspid atresia.
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The eosinophilia and eosinophilic penetration of the cardiac myocytes leads to a fibrotic thickening of portions of the heart ( similar to that of endomyocardial fibrosis ).
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Original discovery / contribution of global import in medical research undertaken at University at ife include; the potential anti-sickling properties of fagara zanthoxylloides, mechanisms of " chloroquine-induced pruritus ", a pharmacogenetic variation common in blacks and linked to opiate receptors and which has expanded the neuroscience of pruritus, the role of eosinophilia in the pathogenesis of " endomyocardial fibrosis " ( EMF ), the role of thiamin deficiency induced by " anaphe venata " entomophagy, in the causation of " Ijesha shakes " or seasonal ataxic syndrome.
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