| dc.contributor.author | Kituuka, Praxedes N | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-03T13:37:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-03T13:37:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1986 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Degree of Master of Medicine (Paedetrics) at the University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/28778 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation presented in part fulfillment for the Degree of Master of Medicine (Paedetrics) at the University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Leucocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) activity was
determined in healthy, Kenyan African rieonates of
gestational ages between 30 and 42 weeks. 210, 99, and
70 neonates had LAP activity examined on the 1st, 4th
and 7th days of life respectively.
All the neonates demonstrated LAP activity in their
neutrophils at birth. The LAP activity showed no
significant variation with gestational age and sex.
The mean LAP score for both male and female neonates
was 120, which was three times as high as that observed
in normal adult Kenyan Africans. It was observed that,
postnatally, LAP activity dropped rapidly between the
first and fourth days of life and then gradually between
the fourth and seventh days. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Leucocyte alkaline phosphatase activity in healthy Kenyan African neonates | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
| local.publisher | School of Medicine | en |
