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Left internal mammary artery to pulmonary vasculature fistulae closed with particle embolizaton: new form of percutaneous intervention
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2005)The left internal mammary artery is frequently employed as a conduit in coronary bypass surgery. We report a 42-year-old male post-coronary artery bypass grafting patient with, angina on exertion who was found to have ... -
Left lobe amoebic abscess of liver–a distinct clinical entity
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1984) -
Left ventricular function in severe pure mitral stenosis as seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(1980)Twenty-one consecutive Black African patients with severe pure mitral stenosis were evaluated hemodynamically. It was found that advanced mitral stenosis presents itself in Kenya at a very young age (22.9 +/- 9.6 years, ... -
Left Ventricular Inflow Obstruction by Giant Atrial Septal Aneurysm in a Neonate with Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome: Case Report
(KMA, 2013)Atrial septal aneurysm remains a rare congenital cardiac malformation. In the neonatal age group it can occur as an isolated cardiac malformation or in association with complex hypoplastic cardiac malformations of the right ... -
The Legacy of Tinga Tinga Art; The Analysis
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2022-06-27)Africa Design Review Journal, University of Nairobi216ABSTRACT Background: Tinga Tinga, named after its founder Edward Saidi Tingatinga, is an informal art and design style and art movement that began in the second half ... -
Legal termination of pregnancy at the Kenyatta National Hospital using prostaglandin F2 alpha in mid trimester.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1989)This study describes 58 cases of legal termination of pregnancy done in the acute gynaecology ward, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi, over a 4 year period. The ward handles 20-40 new cases of incomplete abortion ... -
Leiomyomas as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital between 1978 to 1981.
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Leishmania donovani parasites in the nasal secretions, tonsillopharyngeal mucosa, and urine centrifugates of visceral leishmaniasis patients in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1993)In the early 1930s, investigators of visceral leishmaniasis stated that Leishman-Donovan bodies are found in body fluids of kala-azar patients, for example, in urine, feces, semen, and nasal and pharyngeal secretions. Based ... -
Leptin and pre-eclampsia in black African parturients.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2002-11)Objective To measure serum concentrations of the hormone leptin during late pregnancy in Black African women with pre-eclampsia, healthy normotensive pregnant women as controls and healthy normotensive non-pregnant women; ... -
Les Sida Concerne-t-ic Le Dentiste?
(University of Nairobi PressSchool of medicine, 1986)Analysis of 355 cases with fractures of the mandible indicated that 74.9% of the cases were due to interpersonal violence and 13.8% were caused by road traffic accidents. The men to women ratio was 8.4:1 and 75.5% of the ... -
Lessons from a case of tubal twin pregnancy
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Unilateral tubal twin pregnancy illustrates and amplifies fundamental phenomena in developmental and reproductive anatomy. Knowledge of this condition is also important to practicing obstetricians and gynaecologists ... -
Lessons from IAVI-006, a phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the pTHr.HIVA DNA and MVA.HIVA vaccines in a prime-boost strategy to induce HIV-1 specific T-cell responses in healthy volunteers
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2008-12)IAVI-006 was the first large randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled Phase I clinical trial to systematically investigate the prime-boost strategy for induction of HIV-1 specific CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) ... -
Lessons learned developing a diagnostic tool for HIV-associated dementia feasible to implement in resource-limited settings: pilot testing in Kenya
(2012)To conduct a preliminary evaluation of the utility and reliability of a diagnostic tool for HIV-associated dementia (HAD) for use by primary health care workers (HCW) which would be feasible to implement in resource-limited ... -
Lessons learned from colorectal model of tumourigenesis.
(Department of biochemistry, 2001-07)Genetic analytical techniques were carried out to identify mutations in adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene and K-ras oncogene in colorectal tumourigenesis. These two genes are said to be early mutation genes among other ... -
Letter to The Editor: A new start with fMRI
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2012-04)No abstract available -
Letter: Hospitals and developing countries.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1974) -
Letter: Primary health-care teams.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1975) -
Leucocyte counts on blood donors in Nairobi.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1969-12) -
Leukaemia and lymphoma in Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1985) -
Leukaemia at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 2001-07)OBJECTIVES: To determine the patterns of leukaemias seen in Malawians at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) and to compare the findings with those from elsewhere. An overview of the problems encountered in the ...