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Recurrent polyneuropathy in pregnancy: a case report.
(1994)
A 33-year old female patient presented with recurrent polyneuropathy during two consecutive pregnancies and recovered completely after spontaneous abortion the first time and after a normal delivery the second time. The ...
Meningococcal meningitis
(1996)
Meningococcal meningitis has been recognised as serious problem for almost 200 years. In Africa the disease occurs in epidemics periodically during the hot and dry weather in the "meningitis belt" and in east Africa, which ...
Breastfeeding and immunity to intestinal infections
(1995)
The purpose of this study was to compare immune response in breast and non breastfed children presenting with diarrhoea at Paediatric Observation Ward, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH-POW) and Maternal and Child Health ...
Control of Fusarium Yellows of Beans Using Bacterial Antagonists
(1991-12)
Fusarium yellows of beans caused by Fusarium ozysporum Schl. sp. phaseoli Kendrick &: Snyder was suppressed significantly by bacterial antagonists, Bacillus sp. that had been introduced into infested soil in a greenhouse. ...
Monoclonal antibodies against boar sperm zona pellucida-binding protein AWN-1. Characterization of a continuous antigenic determinant and immunolocalization of AWN epitopes in inseminated sows
(1997)
Boar spermadhesin AWN-1 is a sperm surface-associated 14.7-kDa lectin and a major protein of porcine seminal plasma. AWN-1 binds to beta-galactosides and to porcine zona pellucida glycoproteins, suggesting that this protein ...
Registered Theatre Nursing Clinical Log
(1999-05)
Abuse of substances of dependence have risen dramatically and spawned major health problems in Kenya. We conducted a study on the effects of post-basic psychiatric training on nurses
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 ...
Cutaneous basal cell carcinoma in Kenya.
(1999)
Primary basal cell carcinoma(BCC) of the skin is the commonest tumour in Caucasians. Its incidence and mode of presentation in Kenyan Africans are unknown.
To study the incidence and mode of presentation of BCC in ...
Child battering in Nairobi, Kenya.
(1993)
A survey of battered children was carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi between 1st May 1989 and 30th April 1990. Twenty eight cases were identified and compared with twenty six controls, matched for age and ...
Ocular microangiopathic syndrome in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and its relationship to alterations in cell adhesion and in blood flow
(1994)
Ocular microangiopathic syndrome is the most frequent ophthalmic finding in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Ocular microvascular changes, including cotton-wool spots, are closely associated with ...