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Acute lymphocytic leukaemia complicating the course of hodgkin's disease-a case report of a kenyan african and review of the literature
(1979-10)
This is a case report of a 12-year-old male who developed acute lymphocytic leukaemia (ALL) 8 years after a diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease (HD) had been made. During the 8 years, intensive radiotherapy and a single dose ...
Post caesarian section febrile morbidity at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(1979)
This research report studies several biochemical and histochemical aspects of cervical carcinoma and explores their use in follow-up of patients undergoing radiotherapy. Material came from 19 patients with invasive cervical ...
Pharmacokinetics of cyclophosphamide and alkylating activity in man after intravenous and oral administration.
(1979)
Since cyclophosphamide is used by both oral and i.v. routes in the treatment of hematological and solid malignancies, we designed a randomized, crossover clinical trial to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of this anticancer ...
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease (The Stigmas of Sore Throat)
(1979)
The prevention of acute rheumatic fever by penicillin therapy of acute streptococcal respiratory infections was attempted in this study. Procaine penicillin G in oil containing 2 per cent aluminum monostearate was injected ...
The kinetics of salivary elimination of cyclophosphamide in man.
(1979)
The concentrations of cyclophosphamide in plasma and saliva were determined in seven patients following administration of single doses of cyclophosphamide during chemotherapy for lymphoma. 2 The saliva/plasma ratio was ...
A survey of insect pest species associated with sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
The results are presented of a survey of insect pests on sunflower in Kenya in 1974-75. A list is provided of 80 species of Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera that were found damaging ...
The erodibility of two soils from Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
A portable fainfall simulator was used to measure the runoff rates and soil losses from a freshly ploughed luvisol at Katumani, and anitosol at Kabete, on a 6 deg slope at varying rainfall intensities. The soil losses from ...
Bovine granulocyte/macrophage and erythroid colony culture: characteristics of the colonies and the assay systems
(University of Nairobi., 1979-10)
Bovine bone marrow granulocyte/macrophage colonies were cultured in vitro in methyl cellulose and in plasma clots using bovine endotoxin-stimulated serum as a source of colony stimulating activity. The endotoxin-stimulated ...
Pregnancy care and delivery management for patients with rheumatic heart diseases
(1979)
cute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an illness caused
by a reaction to a bacterial infection with group
A streptococcus. It causes an acute, generalised
inflammatory response and an illness that targets
specific parts of the ...
The monitoring of performance in agricultural markets and its control. In: Price and marketing controls in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
This paper asserts that if governments are to intervene effectively in agricultural markets there is a need for them to monitor performance, and the conduct of the marketing agencies. The paper offers guidelines for the ...