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Recent infectious disease outbreaks in Kenya: have we been caught unaware?
(1998)
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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome: a review
(1999)
OBJECTIVES:
To provide an overview of the current understanding of the classification of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and to describe the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, renal histopathological findings, ...
Treatment options in lupus nephritis
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1998)
Like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) itself, manifestations of lupus nephritis are highly varied in their clinical presentation, ranging from mild proteinuria to rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis causing renal ...
Pathogenesis of lupus nephritis: a review
(1998)
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a non-organ specific autoimmune disease in which the primary autoantigen has been a subject of debate despite detection of antibodies to several nuclear antigens. Contrary to previously ...
Bacteriuria in patients with glomerular diseases
(1992)
In a comparative study of significant bacteriuria in an African population, 1.7% of 697 healthy subjects (10 females and 2 males) were found to have positive urine cultures. Of these, 5 subjects grew E. coli, 4 Klebsiella ...
The elderly patient in sub-Saharan Africa: the past, the present and the future.
(1994)
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Symptomatic treatment of nephrotic syndrome
(1993)
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The prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies in renal patients, blood donors and patients with chronic liver disease in Kenya
(1995)
We tested serum samples from four categories of patients with nephrological problems (nephrotic syndrome, stable chronic renal failure, haemodialysis patients and renal transplant recipients), patients with chronic liver ...
Problems with a renal replacement programme in a developing country
(1988)
Since August 1984 patients with end-stage renal disease in Kenya have been started on haemodialysis with a view to renal transplantation. In a two year period (August 1984-August 1986) 77 patients mean age 29.6 years (49 ...
Management of lupus nephritis at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(1990)
In 7 years (1981-1988) at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was made in 67 patients. In 23 of these patients lupus nephritis complicated the SLE. Lupus nephritis ...