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Maternal mortality--Pumwani Maternity Hospital--1975-1984
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1987)The study is purpose was to identify the avoidable factors responsible for the high maternal mortality in the Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya and to determine how the available facilities could be used to ... -
Maternal mortality-Kenyatta National Hospital 1972-1977.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1980)No abstract available. -
Maternal Neutralization-Resistant Virus Variants Do Not Predict Infant HIV Infection Risk
(2016)Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV provides a setting for studying immune correlates of protection. Neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) are suggested to contribute to a viral bottleneck during MTCT, but their role in ... -
Maternal nutritional and food security
(University of Nairobi,School of Nursing, 1998) -
Maternal or infant antiretroviral drugs to reduce HIV-1 transmission.
(University of Nairobi, 2010-06)BACKGROUND: We evaluated the efficacy of a maternal triple-drug antiretroviral regimen or infant nevirapine prophylaxis for 28 weeks during breast-feeding to reduce postnatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus ... -
Maternal plasma and breastmilk viral loads are associated with HIV‐1‐specific cellular immune responses among HIV‐1‐exposed, uninfected infants in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Infants exposed to maternal HIV-1 provide an opportunity to assess correlates of HIV-1-specific interferon (IFN)-γ responses and may be informative in the development of HIV-1 vaccines. HIV-1-infected women with CD4 counts ... -
Maternal SDF1 3'A polymorphism is associated with increased perinatal human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmission
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya, 2000-07)Genetic polymorphisms in chemokine and chemokine receptor genes influence susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and disease progression, but little is known regarding the association between ... -
Maternal STD/HIV infection as a risk factor for spontaneous non-septic abortion and HIV infection as a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcome
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1990) -
A mathematical model of cervical cancer in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Background : In this paper dynamic models for cervical cancer among women with diagnosed and undiagnosed cervical c ancer have been constructed. Methods : Differential equations for the ... -
Maturational delays and endocrine differences between two male Turkana subpopulations that differ in lifestyle.
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1998) -
Maxillary incisor root forms in orthodontic patients in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2003)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate, radiographically, the root forms of maxillary incisors in a sample of patients seeking orthodontic treatment in Nairobi, Kenya. DESIGN: A retrospective study of maxillary incisor root forms ... -
Maxillary Obturator Prosthesis Rehabilitation Following Maxillectomy for Ameloblastoma:
(Quintessence Publishing Co. Inc.Department of Conservative and Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2004)PURPOSE: The purpose of this case report is to demonstrate the benefits and applicability of appropriate maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation following surgical resection of ameloblastoma of the maxilla in Kenya. MATERIALS ... -
Maxillary Obturator Prosthesis Rehabilitation Following Maxillectomy For Ameloblastoma: Case Series Of Five Patients.
(Department of Conservative and Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2004)THE PURPOSE:The purpose of this case report is to demonstrate the benefits and applicability of appropriate maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation following surgical resection of ameloblastoma of the maxilla in ... -
Maxillofacial injuries caused by terrorist bomb attack in Nairobi, Kenya
(Elsevier Science LtdDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2002)Although military conflicts are common on the African continent, there is a paucity of data regarding bomb-blast injuries in this region and in Kenya in particular. This paper describes the pattern of maxillofacial injuries ... -
Maxillofacial Injuries Caused By Terrorist Bomb Attack In Nairobi, Kenya.Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2002 Aug;31(4):374-7.
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2002)Although military conflicts are common on the African continent, there is a paucity of data regarding bomb-blast injuries in this region and in Kenya in particular. This paper describes the pattern of maxillofacial injuries ... -
Maxillofacial Injuries caused by Wild Animals - Human and Wildlife conflict
(School of medicine, University of Nairobi, 2003-07)No abstract -
Maxillofacial prosthetic rehabilitation after surgery in Nairobi.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1999) -
Maximum-likelihood image estimation using photon-correlated beams.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiDept. of Electr. and Comput. Eng., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM 87131-1356, USA. hayat@eece.unm.edu, 2002)A theory is presented addressing the fundamental limits of image estimation in a setup that uses two photon-correlated beams. These beams have the property that their photon arrivals, as a point process, are ideally ... -
May Measurement Month 2017: the results of blood pressure screening of 14 845 individuals in Kenya-Sub-Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a growing burden worldwide leading to over 10 million deaths each year. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension. In Kenya, 24.5% of adults have elevated ... -
May Measurement Month 2017: the results of blood pressure screening of 14 845 individuals in Kenya-Sub-Saharan Africa
(BMC, 2019-04-21)Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a growing burden worldwide leading to over 10 million deaths each year. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension. In Kenya, 24.5% of adults have elevated ...