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CRC surgery trends in Kenya, 1993-2005
(Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi,, 2008)BACKGROUND: CRC (CRC) rates are low but increasing in Africa. Data on detection, treatment, and outcome are scarce. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the presentation, treatment, and outcome pattern of ... -
CRC surgery trends in Kenya, 1993-2005
(Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 2008-02)BACKGROUND: CRC (CRC) rates are low but increasing in Africa. Data on detection, treatment, and outcome are scarce. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the presentation, treatment, and outcome pattern of ... -
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Kenya.
(Departments of Medicine and Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2005)To study the pattern of occurrence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in Kenya. Study design Prospective, cross-sectional, descriptive study of clinical, encephalographic and natural history of CJD, backed by histology in ... -
Crime and mental illnesses: a study of a group of criminal patients in Mathari Mental Hospital.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, 1978) -
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Oman
(University of NairobiFaculty of Medicine, 1995-11) -
CRISPR detection of circulating cell-free Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in adults and children, including children with HIV: a molecular diagnostics study
(University of Nairobi, 2022-07)Background: Tuberculosis remains a leading cause of global mortality, especially for adults and children living with HIV (CLHIV) underdiagnosed by sputum-based assays. Non-sputum-based assays are needed to improve tuberculosis ... -
Criteria for diagnosing spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1988) -
Critical Care In Resource Limited Settings: Lessons Learned And Future Directions
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Sciences,, 2011) -
Critical care in resource-poor settings: Lessons learned and future directions
(College of Physical and Biological Sciences, 2011)Context: Critical care faces the same challenges as other aspects of healthcare in the developing world. However, critical care faces an additional challenge in that it has often been deemed too costly or complicated for ... -
Critical issues and factors to consider in instructional media development in the training of health professionals
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A critique of John H. Bryant's paper.
(1980)The author states that the issues emphasized in J.H. Bryant's paper on WHO's "Health for All By 2000" are American policy and administration, and the WHO, but contends that the real concern is with health today and the ... -
A Critique of the USMLE clinical skills examination. ,
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Cross-clade CD8(+) T-cell responses with a preference for the predominant circulating clade
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, 2005-11)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genetic diversity is a major impediment to the design of a successful vaccine. Even if an HIV vaccine is proven effective, it remains to be seen whether this protection will extend to ... -
Cross-clade CD8(+) T-cell responses with a preference for the predominant circulating clade.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, 2005)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genetic diversity is a major impediment to the design of a successful vaccine. Even if an HIV vaccine is proven effective, it remains to be seen whether this protection will extend to ... -
Cross-clade HIV-1-specific neutralizing IgA in mucosal and systemic compartment of HIV-1-exposed, persistently seronegative subjects.
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A cross-cultural comparative study of patterns of depression in a hospital-based population.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1984-07)In a study of Catego depressive syndromes, using the Syndrome Check List and the Catego programme, no significant differences in depression symptomatology frequencies were found in nine different cultural groups of patients ... -
Cross-cultural study of religious phenomenology in psychiatric in-patients
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1985-07)Case notes of patients from nine different cultural groups admitted to a London hospital were scrutinized for religious background and religious phenomenology. With the exception of preaching behaviour there were no ... -
A cross-cultural study of the frequencies of Schneider's first rank symptoms of schizophrenia
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1984-12)The Syndrome Check List (SCL) as detailed by Wing et al. (1) was used on patients belonging to various cultural groups admitted to a London hospital. On the basis of combined Catego diagnosis of schizophrenia and paranoid ... -
Cross-leg free muscle flaps for reconstruction of open fractures of the tibia.
(Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Newcastle General Hospital,College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1994)In two patients in whom the injured leg was not suitable for reconstruction using a routine free tissue transfer, a cross-leg free muscle flap was used, i.e. the vessels of a free muscle flap were anastomosed to donor ...