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Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection in severe forms of liver diseases in north India
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1996) -
Hepatitis delta virus infection in Kenya. Its geographic and tribal distribution.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1986-03)In 1982-1984, an epidemiologic survey of the prevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) in circulating blood (HBs-antigenemia) and of hepatitis delta virus infection was performed in Kenya. The distributions ... -
Hepatitis E virus infection: where are we?
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1998) -
Hepatitis E virus.
(2009)Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a positive-stranded RNA virus with a 7.2 kb genome that is capped and polyadenylated. The virus is currently unclassified: the organisation of the genome resembles that of the Caliciviridae but ... -
Hepatitis E virus: epidemiology, diagnosis, pathology and prevention.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2006)HEV, a positive stranded RNA virus, is responsible for most of the epidemics of hepatitis in the developing world and is transmitted through contaminated water. It is the major aetiological agent for acute hepatitis and ... -
Hepatitis G virus in India.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1996) -
Hepatitis G virus in multitransfused thalassaemics from India
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1988)Hepatitis G virus (HGV)/GB virus-C (GBV-C) has been identified as a blood-borne agent with disputed pathogenicity. This virus belongs to the flaviviridae with a distant relationship to hepatitis C virus (HCV). Genetically ... -
Hepatitis-b antigen in colony mosquitoes
(University of Nairobi, 1973)Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were fed on or inoculated with blood or serum positive for hepatitis-B antigen (HBAg) or allowed to feed on the arm of an HBAg carrier. Pools of mosquitoes were tested by radioimmunoassay at intervals ... -
Hepatology in India–sailing without a mast.Trop Gastroenterol
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1999) -
Hepatoprotective effects of Erythrina abyssinica Lam Ex Dc against Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Sprague Dawley Rats
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NFLD) is the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome recognized as the most prevalent chronic liver disease across all age groups. NFLD is strongly associated ... -
Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis in Kenya: an assessment of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
(1985)Sera from 124 adult Kenyan patients with chronic splenomegaly and from 93 geographically matched controls without splenomegaly were tested for evidence of Schistosoma mansoni infection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ... -
Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: a clinical review.
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 1986) -
Hepcidin demonstrates a biphasic association with anemia in acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
(2012)Hepcidin levels are high and iron absorption is limited in acute malaria. The mechanism(s) that regulate hepcidin secretion remain undefined. We have measured hepcidin concentration and cytokines in 100 Kenyan children ... -
HER2/Neu Protein Over-Expression in Patients with Gastric and Gastro-Esophageal Junction Carcinoma Seen at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(2014)Background: Gastric cancer in Kenya is ranked third in both males and females. Most patients present clinically with advanced unsusceptible disease have poor prognosis despite administration of ... -
Herbal antioxidant in clinical practice: A review.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2013)Antioxidant-the word itself is magic. Using the antioxidant concept as a spearhead in proposed mechanisms for staving off so-called "free-radical" reactions, the rush is on to mine claims for the latest and most effective ... -
A herbal medicine for treatment of stomach and duodenal ulcers.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy,College of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 2000) -
Herbal product processing practices of traditional medicine practitioners in Kenya- key informant interviews
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Introduction: Herbalists in Kenya use self-taught processing practices which are inadequate. The objective of this study was to conduct an assessment of selected practices used by herbalists during drug processing and to ... -
Herbal remedies and other risk factors for preterm birth in rural Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Background: Premature infants contribute substantially to infant morbidity and mortality especially in low resource settings. Information on herbal remedy use, previous preterm birth and low social-economic status and ... -
Hereditary bleeding disorders as seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1979) -
Hereditary bleeding disorders in Kenya
(Department of Pathology, University of Nairobi, Medical School, Kenya, 1981-10)This is a retrospective study of 105 patients with herediatry haemorrhagic disorders seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), between March 1975 and July 1980. Haemophilia forms 63% of the cases, Christmas disease ...