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Free radical scavenging activity and immunomodulatory effect of Stachytarpheta angustifolia leaf extract
(2010)Plant extracts with antioxidant activity could also have immunomodulatory ability. The free radical scavenging activity of an ethanol extract of the leaves of Stachytarpheta angustifolia was assessed by measuring its ... -
Free radical scavenging activity, phenolic contents and cytotoxicity of selected Nigerian medicinal plants
(University of Nairobi,Department of Medical Microbiology-, 2012)We investigated the antioxidant ability, phenolic contents and cytotoxic effects of seven widely edible Nigerian medicinal plants, as a means of validating their ethnomedicinal use. Standard antioxidant assays assessed the ... -
Frequency and clinical significance of delusions across cultures.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1984-07)The pattern of delusions in a cross-cultural hospital population was studied. It was found that there were cultural differences in persecutory, grandiose and religious, and sexual and fantastic delusions, accounted for ... -
Frequency and levels of autoantibodies in healthy adult Omanis
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Medicine, 2003-12)Background: A previous pilot study showed a high frequency of anti-smooth muscle autoantibody in Omani blood donors and pregnant women. We conducted this larger-scale study to investigate the frequency and significance ... -
Frequency and magnitude of Chlamydia trachomatis elementary body- and heat shock protein 60-stimulated interferon gamma responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and endometrial biopsy samples from women with high exposure to infection.
(2009)Cellular immune responses characterized by interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) production enhance clearance and confer protective immunity against Chlamydia trachomatis infection but have not been simultaneously investigated in ... -
Frequency and role of hepatitis-C virus and type II cryoglobulinemia in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2004)BACKGROUND: Many studies have claimed a major role of chronic hepatitis-C virus (HCV) infection in immune-mediated diseases such as membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN). Chronic HCV infection is also known to ... -
The frequency of adenotonsillectomy in a sample of Hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya. Surgical indications, timing and complications in 97 cases of adenotonsillectomy.
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Frequency of adenotonsillectomy in some Nairobi hospitals
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2001-07)OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of adenotonsillectomy in a sample of Kenyan hospitals and to review indications, timing and complications in 97 cases of adenotonsillectomy done by the authors. DESIGN: ... -
Frequency of Agenesis Palmaris Longus through Clinical Examination - An East African Study
(Department of Human Anatomy, 2011)The Palmaris longus, one of the most variable muscles in the body both flexes the wrist and tenses the palmar fascia. It is used by surgeons as a source of tendon graft and racial differences in its variation have been ... -
Frequency of Alveolar Osteitis (dry socket) at Kenyatta National Hospital dental outpatient clinic -
(Department of Dental Surgery College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1989-10)The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of alveolar osteitis at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), most affected age group and the reasons for underlying extractions. Out of 8,393 extractions 273 (3.3%) ... -
The frequency of Antenatal Care and Diagnosis of two Public hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya.J. Obst. Gyn. East Central Africa 1999: 14, 78-83
(University of Nairobi, 1999)No abstract available -
The frequency of electroencephalographic abnormalities in healthy epileptic patients: a review of 92 cases.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1984-03) -
Frequency of false positive rapid HIV serologic tests in African men and women receiving prep for HIV prevention: implications for programmatic roll-out of biomedical interventions
(University of Nairobi, 2015-04-17)Background Rapid HIV assays are the mainstay of HIV testing globally. Delivery of effective biomedical HIV prevention strategies such as antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) requires periodic HIV testing. ... -
Frequency of mental disorders among outpatients at a rural district hospital in Kenya
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, 1982-04) -
The frequency of mental disorders in the outpatients of two Nyanza hospitals
(University of NairobiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, 1983-02) -
Frequency of monitoring kidney function in HIV-uninfected persons using daily oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate pre-exposure prophylaxis.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Wide-scale implementation of oral tenofovir-based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention is now policy in many settings. However, the optimal frequency for monitoring kidney function remains ... -
The frequency of psychiatric disorders among patients attending semi-urban and rural general out-patient clinics in Kenya.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of NairobI, 1983-04)The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity (PM) was studied among general hospital out-patients in a rural and in a semi-urban area of Kenya. There were no significant differences in the demographic features of psychiatric ... -
Frequent and intense human-bat interactions occur in buildings of rural Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2024)Simultaneous use of domestic spaces by humans and wildlife is little understood, despite global ubiquity, and can create an interface for human exposure to wildlife pathogens. Bats are a pervasive synanthropic taxon and ... -
Fresh isolates from children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria bind to multiple receptors.
(University of NairobiInstitute of Tropica and Infectious Diseases(UNITID), 2001-09)The sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (pRBC) away from the peripheral circulation is a property of all field isolates. Here we have examined the pRBC of 111 fresh clinical isolates from children ... -
From conjunctivitis to glaucoma. When is a red eye an alarm signal?
(Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2002)A red eye is mostly a relatively harmless sign of simple conjunctivitis. Viral conjunctivitis may be extremely contagious. If no improvement is seen after ten days of treatment, referral to an ophthalmologist is indicated. ...