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Low risk of proximal tubular dysfunction associated with emtricitabine-tenofovir disoproxil fumarate preexposure prophylaxis in men and women.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)OBJECTIVE: Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is associated with proximal tubular dysfunction (tubulopathy) when used in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We evaluated whether TDF causes ... -
Low use of skilled attendants' delivery services in rural Kenya.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2006-12)The aim of the study was to estimate the use of skilled attendants' delivery services among users of antenatal care and the coverage of skilled attendants' delivery services in the general population in Kikoneni location, ... -
Low vitamin B12 intake during pregnancy and lactation and low breastmilk vitamin 12 content in rural Kenyan women consuming predominantly maize diets.
(Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health,, 2013)BACKGROUND: Vitamin B12 deficiency during pregnancy and lactation may negatively affect fetal growth, brain development, pregnancy outcome, and breastmilk vitamin B12 content. OBJECTIVE: To examine associations ... -
Low-frequency nevirapine resistance at multiple sites may predict treatment failure in infants on nevirapine-based treatment.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics, 2012-07)BACKGROUND: Resistance commonly arises in infants exposed to single-dose nevirapine (sdNVP) for prevention of mother to child transmission. Although K103N and Y181C are common following sdNVP, multiple other mutations ... -
Lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital,
(2007)To determine the causes and pattern of lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital. Descriptive prospective study. The Kenyatta National Hospital between July 2003 and June 2004. A total of 77 lower limb ... -
Lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi.Department of Human Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2007)OBJECTIVE: To determine the causes and pattern of lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital. DESIGN: Descriptive prospective study. SETTING: The Kenyatta National Hospital between July 2003 and June ... -
Lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Human Anatomy, 2007-03)OBJECTIVE: To determine the causes and pattern of lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital. DESIGN: Descriptive prospective study. SETTING: The Kenyatta National Hospital between July 2003 and ... -
Lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. East
(University of Nairobi, 2007)OBJECTIVE: To determine the causes and pattern of lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital. DESIGN: Descriptive prospective study. SETTING: The Kenyatta National Hospital between July 2003 and June ... -
Lower limb amputations in Kenyatta National Hospital.
(Department of Human Anatomy,University of Nairobi, 1978-10) -
Lower risk of resistance after short-course HAART compared with zidovudine/single-dose nevirapine used for prevention of HIV-1 mother-to-child transmission.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 2009-08)Antiretroviral resistance after short-course regimens used to prevent mother-to-child transmission has consequences for later treatment. Directly comparing the prevalence of resistance after short-course regimens of highly ... -
Luminal dimensions of left anterior descending coronary artery in a black kenyan population
(University of Nairobi, 2013-10)Luminal diameter and percent stenosis of left anterior descending coronary artery are considered indicators of early atherosclerosis, arterial occlusion, myocardial infarction, and are important in quantitative estimation ... -
Lupus anticoagulant syndrome: case report.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi., 1998)A twenty seven year old female was referred to our department with deep vein thrombosis, abnormal activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ratio 1:60 and prothrombin time (PT) INR of 3:11. She had history of loss of ... -
Lupus anticoagulants: pathophysiology, clinical and laboratory Associations
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 2003)OBJECTIVES: To put together salient clinical and laboratory manifestations and also to highlight the pathophysiology and principles of management of lupus anticoagulants syndrome. DATA SOURCES: Publications, original ... -
Lymphangiography in experimental animals.complications of ruptured amoebic liver abscess
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1959-05)No abstract available. -
Lymphatic pumping in response to changes in transmural pressure is modulated by erythrolysate/hemoglobin
(1990)Red blood cells and lysate products (erythrolysate) are observed consistently in lymph draining acute and chronic inflammatory reactions and from tissues subjected to trauma or surgical procedures. Using hemoglobin as a ... -
Lymphocyte enzyme activities in East African blacks: decrease in 5'nucleotidase and possible relation to immunosuppression
(University of Nairobi,School of Medicine, 1983)Microanalysis of subcellular organelle marker enzymes was applied to cryopreserved lymphocytes (obtained and processed in the field) from East African blacks with moderate to severe malnutrition and subject to locally ... -
Lymphocyte Subsets In Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-infected And Uninfected Children In Nairobi.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine (Paediatrics), 2001-05-20)Background: Reference lymphocyte subset values for African children are lacking. This study documents these values as well as their alterations associated with perinatal and postnatal HIV-1 transmission and with protection ... -
Lymphomas in sub‐Saharan Africa–what can we learn and how can we help in improving diagnosis, managing patients and fostering translational research?
(Department of Human Pathology, 2011-06)Approximately 30 000 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) occur in the equatorial belt of Africa each year. Apart from the fact that Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is very common among children and adolescents in Africa and that an ... -
Lymphopenia and neutrophilia at admission predicts severity and mortality in patients with COVID-19: a meta-analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: There is a compelling need to identify clinical and laboratory predictors of unfavorable clinical course and death in patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A trend towards low lymphocyte count and high ... -
Lysosomal hydrolases of the epidermis. I. Glycosidases.
(Dept. of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi., 1975)