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Mucocutaneous manifestations of lymphomas and leukemias in black Kenyan children.
(University of Nairobi, 1995-04)
BACKGROUND:
Childhood leukemia and lymphoma are common problems in Tropical Africa, including Kenya. Studies done in Western populations indicate that 25-50% of patients with leukemia and lymphoma have specific or ...
Clinical and haematological profiles of HIV infected individuals admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital
(Univeraity of Nairobi, 1998)
Estimation of plasma fibrinogen and its degradation products in uncomplicated cases of malaria with low parasitemia.
(1992)
There are four hypotheses which have been advanced to explain the pathophysiology of severe and complicated malaria such as cerebral malaria. However, none of them adequately explains all the features of cerebral malaria ...
Studies on ecology and epidemiological importance of glossina swynnertoni austen, near Aitong, Maasai Mara, South Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Different trap designs and colours were tested for G. swynnertoni. A turquoise blue colour variation of the Siamese trap was adopted as the standard for sampling.
Further trap tests showed the turquoise blue Triangular ...
Radiological findings in Edentulous Kenyan patients
(1993-03)
Seven hundred and seventy five files of edentulous patients seen at the Department of Dental Surgery, University of Nairobi were scrutinized for the presence or absence of routine radiographs prior to treatment. 180 (23.2%) ...
The basic radiological system experience in Kenya
(1993)
While Diagnostic Radiology has become increasingly indispensible in sound clinical patient management the cost and maintenance of radiological equipment has continued to ~oar, reaching almost unaffordable levels in developing ...
Screening and early detection for prostate cancer.
(1997-10)
Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men. Mortality due to prostate cancer has continued to increase over the past five decades despite all the different options of treatment at the disposal of the urologist, ...
Reasons underlying failure to seek dental treatment among Nairobi University students
(1996-05)
A survey of 272 University of Nairobi undergraduate students was undertaken to assess their dental chairside experience and what reasons they gave for failing to seek dental treatment. Most respondents considered dental ...
Epidemiological and clinical aspects of carcinoma of penis at Kenyatta National Hospital
(1995-06)
Thirty one patients with carcinoma of penis were studied retrospectively at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, over a 20-year period (1971-1990). The majority of patients presented late with symptomatology of over one ...
Risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection
(1995)
OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to examine maternal, obstetric, and infant characteristics of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Nairobi, Kenya.
STUDY DESIGN:
Proviral human immunodeficiency virus-1 ...