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Hydroxychloroquine reduces T cells activation recall antigen responses
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is still limited information about how people suffering from autoimmune diseases respond to the different COVID vaccines. The fact that they are taking an ... -
Hydroxyespintanol and schefflerichalcone: two new compounds from Uvaria scheffleri.
(2010)A chemical investigation of the petroleum ether extract and chloroform extract of the root of Uvaria scheffleri Diels (Annonaceae) led to the isolation of two new compounds, named hydroxyespintanol (1) and schefflerichalcone ... -
Hygiene practices in urban restaurants and challenges to implementing food safety and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points programmes in Thika town, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Objectives: To determine the microbial load in food, examination of safety measures and possibility of implementing an Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) system. Design: The target population for this study ... -
Hygiene Status Of Bovine Carcases From The Three Slaughterhouses In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Department of Veterinary Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology,, 1993)A survey of hygienic quality of bovine carcases from three slaugherhouses with different throughput and management was assessed using total viable counts and coliform counts from 5 sites (hindquarter, flank, brisk, forequarter ... -
Hygrothermal Comfort in Lamu Town (Kenya)
(University of Nairobi,, 1982-08)Comfort measurements have been conducted over a period of one week, four times each year, inside several houses of different types in Lamu Town, a traditional Swahili settlement on Lamu Island off the Kenyan North Coast. The ... -
Hyperalgesia following administration of morphine and pethidine in the root rat (Tachyoryctes splendens).
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Physiology, 1995-02)Not available -
Hyperbaric oxygen as an adjunctive therapy for bilateral compartment syndrome, rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure after heroin intake.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2006-05)Heroin abuse causes various medical and surgical complications. We report a case of heroin-induced severe bilateral compartment syndrome complicated by rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure and extremely elevated creatinine ... -
Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of patients with cerebral stroke, brain trauma, and neurologic disease
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2005-11)Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy has been used to treat patients with numerous disorders, including stroke. This treatment has been shown to decrease cerebral edema, normalize water content in the brain, decrease the severity ... -
Hypercalcaemia in pulmonary tuberculosis
(1983)Tuberculosis can affect calcium metabolism, mainly through an enhanced production of active vitamin D. The incidence of hypercalcemia among unselected patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis was investigated, ... -
Hyperekplexia and stiff-man syndrome: abnormal brainstem reflexes suggest a physiological relationship
(Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, GermanPopulation Studies and Research Institute, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2004)Background and objectives: Hyperekplexia and the stiff-man syndrome (SMS) are both conditions with exaggerated startle suggesting abnormal brainstem function. Investigation of brainstem reflexes may provide insight into ... -
The hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome--a neutrophil chemotactic defect reversible by histamine H2 receptor blockade?
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1980) -
Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella syndrome without liver abscess in a patient with immunoglobulin g2 immune deficiency.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)BACKGROUND: Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae (HMVKP) emerged as a cause of invasive infections in South-East (SE) Asia. It has become the most common cause of liver abscess in that region, and it is a significant ... -
Hyperprolactinaemic diabetes insipidus-like syndrome
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1981-03) -
Hyperprolactinemia in portosystemic encephalopathy.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1987) -
The hypersensitive tooth.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Anatomy, 1996-12)Not available -
Hyperspectral remote sensing of evaporate minerals and associated sediments in Lake Magadi area, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012-02)Pleistocene to present evaporitic lacustrine sediments in Lake Magadi, East African Rift Valley, Kenya were studied and mapped using spectral remote sensing methods. This approach incorporated surface mineral mapping using ... -
Hypertension in east Africans and others of African descent: a review.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Biochemistry,, 1998-05)As the number of fatalities from cardiovascular diseases declines in western industrial nations, an opposite trend is observed in the East African region. Inter-regional variations in the prevalence of vascular disorders ... -
Hypertension over a 4-year-period at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1985)