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Soil iron and aluminium concentrations and feet hygiene as possible predictors of Podoconiosis occurrence in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Podoconiosis (mossy foot) is a neglected non-filarial elephantiasis considered to be caused by predisposition to cumulative contact of uncovered feet to irritative red clay soil of volcanic origins in the ... -
Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) of tretinoin: potential in topical delivery.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2007)The objective of this investigation was to develop solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) of tretinoin (TRE) with the help of facile and simple emulsification-solvent diffusion (ESD) technique and to evaluate the viability of an ... -
Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas
(2015)Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm is a rare pancreatic tumour predominantly affecting young women. We present two cases in young female patients. Both tumours were surgically removed as abdominal masses, one from the pancreatic ... -
Solid Waste Management in Nairobi City:
(Department of Community Health, University of NairobiEnviromental and Occupational Health, Department of Community Health, University oj Nairobi,, 1997)The continual influx of people from rural areas and small towns to Nairobi has more than doubled the population of the city in the last 10 years. Population growth has overwhelmed the city's ability to deliver necessary ... -
Solid Waste Management in Nairobi City: Knowledge and Attitudes
(University of NairobiCommunity Health ,School of Health Sciences, 1997) -
Solid Waste Management in Nairobi City: Knowledge and Attitudes
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1997) -
Solitary fibrous tumor in the orbit. Case report and review of the literature
(Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2009)BACKGROUND: Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a mesenchymal neoplasm with a benign growth behavior. It was initially described in the pleura and has since been found in extrathoracic locations. In the orbital cavity, SFT ... -
Solitary plasmacytoma of the mandible - a rare entity
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2013)Plasma cell dyscrasias (multiple myeloma, solitary plasmocytoma of bone and extra medullary plasmocytoma) are cha¬racterized by a monoclonal neoplastic proliferation of plasma cells of which Solitary plasmocytoma of bone ... -
Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome in childhood.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2008)Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome is a rare disorder of childhood and usually goes unrecognised or misdiagnosed because it can mimic various other rectal entities. Here a 9-year old boy presented with bleeding per rectum and ... -
Solitary unicameral bone cyst.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1997-01)This study discusses the results of the 24 patients who had unicameral bone cyst treated by the author surgically and conservatively between 1982 and 1992. The patients were sixteen males and eight females giving a male ... -
Solubilization and partial purification of glycerol-3-phosphate oxidase from mitochondria of Trypanosoma brucei
(Division of Biomedical Sciences, Meharry Medical College, NashvilleCollege of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 1990) -
Soluble transferrin receptors in anaemia of pregnancy.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,, 2001-05)Anaemia is one of the most common disorders in pregnancy. The most common cause is iron deficiency. Iron deficiency anaemia is relatively easy to diagnose using a serum ferritin of <15 ng/ml. However, because ferritin is ... -
Solvent abuse: A case report
(Department of clinical Medicine and therapeutics , University of Nairobi., 2006) -
The Somali Experience: Have Mental Health Workers Forgotten The Country?
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2009) -
Somatization among Kenyan neurotics
(University of Nairobi.College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1999) -
Some African Vignettes
(University of Nairobi, 2000)In a continent where life expectancy at birth is as low as 38 years in some communities it may come as a surprise to discover that a few people do live beyond the age of 90. This paper is a collection of vignettes of the ... -
Some aspects of Gonorrhoea in Nairobi. The Nairobi Journal of Medicine. Vol 7:36-40
(University of Nairobi, 1974)No abstract. -
Some aspects of infant mortality in Kenya since 1948.
(Dept. of Community Health. University of Nairobi, 2000)This paper looks at a number of factors related to infant mortality in the country since 1948. First it examines the type of data for the estimation of infant mortality through history that is pre-independence and ... -
Some aspects of obstructive jaundice at Kenyatta National Hospital
(1989)A prospective study was carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) between June 1987 and September 1988 to look at some aspects of obstructive jaundice in patients above 12 years of age, Screening for cases was done ... -
Some Aspects of Suppurative Lung Lesions at Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Nairobi, 1978)