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A cross-cultural comparative study of patterns of depression in a hospital-based population.
(1984-07)
In a study of Catego depressive syndromes, using the Syndrome Check List and the Catego programme, no significant differences in depression symptomatology frequencies were found in nine different cultural groups of patients ...
Electron microscopic temporal bone histopathology in experimental pneumococcal meningitis.
(1999)
Bacterial meningitis is one of the most common causes of acquired profound sensorineural deafness in children. Measurement of hearing and examination of the cochlea is limited in patients suffering from acute meningitis. ...
The prevalence and clinical presentation of psychiatric illness in a rural setting in Kenya.
(1979-09)
One hundred and forty patients seen in a suburban walk-in walk-out clinic over a period of 30 days were studied. Twenty-eight (20 per cent) of them were found to be primarily psychiatrically disabled, 83 (59.3 per cent) ...
Schneider's first rank symptoms of schizophrenia in Kenyan patients.
(1983-03)
Eighty 'psychotic' patients admitted to Mathare Psychiatric Hospital, Nairobi, were screened using the New Haven Schizophrenic Index (NHSI). Fifty-one (64%) of these were positive and the rest negative. Of those positive ...
Blackwater fever at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Kenya: a case report.
(1994)
Blackwater fever was an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the beginning of this century particularly in West and Central Africa. There has been a marked reduction in the incidence of blackwater fever since 1950 ...
Primary splenic pregnancy. Case report.
(1977)
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Ectopic pregnancy in the upper abdominal organs is very rare but has been known to occur in the liver, spleen and lesser sac. Primary splenic pregnancy is considered the rarest form of extrauterine pregnancy, with ...
Epidemic meningococcal disease in Nairobi, Kenya, 1989. The Kenya/Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Meningitis Study Group
(1992)
An epidemic of meningococcal disease occurred in Nairobi, Kenya, during 1989, outside the "meningitis belt" of sub-Saharan Africa. About 3800 cases occurred between April and November (250/100,000 population). The case-fatality ...
Knowledge on treatment modalities and attitude of Nairobi University students towards dental care
(1995)
The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge and attitude of Nairobi University students towards dental health care in Kenya. A self administered questionnaire given to 400 students in person who responded ...
Cryptosporidiosis in HIV positive patients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(1994)
Summary: HIV infection has now been consistently identified as the major cause of death in young Africans in both urban and rural areas. In Africa, several studies have defined the clinical presentation of HIV disease but ...