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Nephropathy in patients with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus in black Africans
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi,, 2002)Background: Albuminuria is long recognised as a sign of renal disease in diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, renal disease occurs after a longer duration of diabetic state. In type 2 diabetes, it is more variable. Objective: ... -
Nephrotic syndrome associated with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1990) -
Nephrotic syndrome associated with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: A case report with a review of literature. Nairobi Medical Journal 16(2): 28-32, 1990.
(University of Nairobi, 1990)No abstract available -
Nephrotic syndrome in adult Africans in Nairobi
(Department of Pathology, University of Nairobi, 1972)The adult nephrotic syndrome as met with in Nairobi is predominantly encountered in young sophisticated African women, most of whom began to use skin-lightening creams containing mercury before the symptomatic onset of ... -
Nephrotic syndrome in the tropics
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Nephrotoxicity Induced By Mamba Venoms In Cultured Rat Cortical Epithelial Cells. Tissue Culture Ass.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Physiology, 1987)Abstract Not Available -
Nephrotoxicity of amphotericin b in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients
(Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2009)Objectives: To describe the incidence of renal dysfunction, hypokalaemia and hypomagnesaemia in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis and on amphotericin B treatment. Secondary objective was to determine all-cause ... -
The Nephrotoxicity of Netilmicin and Gentamicin
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Nerve conduction abnormalities in Gullain Barre syndrome in Nairobi
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Nerve conduction studies in diabetic in-patients.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1982) -
A nested case-control study of sexual practices and risk factors for prevalent HIV-1 infection among young men in Kisumu, Kenya
(Department of Medical Microbiology, 2007)Objectives To investigate sexual practices and risk factors for prevalent HIV infection among young men in Kisumu, Kenya. Goal The goal of this study was to identify behaviors associated with HIV in Kisumu to maximize ... -
Net survival of perinatally and postnatally HIV-infected children: a pooled analysis of individual data from sub-Saharan Africa.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2011-04)BACKGROUND: Previously, HIV epidemic models have used a double Weibull curve to represent high initial and late mortality of HIV-infected children, without distinguishing timing of infection (peri- or post-natally). ... -
Network model of survival signaling in large granular lymphocyte leukemia
(Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute and Department of Pharmacology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA., 2008)T cell large granular lymphocyte (T-LGL) leukemia features a clonal expansion of antigen-primed, competent, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). To systematically understand signaling components that determine the survival of ... -
Neural Tumours of the Head and Neck. East African
(School of medicine, University of Nairobi, 2000)OBJECTIVE: To document the pattern of occurrence of all primary neural tumours arising in the neck and craniofacial region over the period 1982 to 1991. DESIGN: A retrospective study. SETTING: Cancer Registry, Nairobi, ... -
Neuraminidase Inhibitor activities on Influenza B isolates obtained in Kenya, 2011-2012
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Introduction: Oseltamivir and zanamivir are neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) with important roles as drugs for prophylaxis and treatment of influenza. Whereas there have been reports of in vivo resistance of influenza B ... -
Neurobiology of Khat (Catha edulis Forsk)
(2014-03-17)Around 20 million individuals in eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula chew the fresh leaves and twigs of Catha edulis Forsk (khat) for its pyschostimulatory effect, a practice deeply rooted in their traditions and ... -
Neuroblastoma in Libyan children
(School of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1989-03) -
Neurocognition in Kenyan youth at clinical high risk for psychosis
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Introduction: Cognitive deficits are typically seen in schizophrenia and in the prodrome, and are a major predictor of functional outcomes in patients. In Africa, few studies have investigated neurocognition in psychosis, ... -
Neurocognitive Deficits and Socioeconomic Risk Factors Among Children and Adolescents Living With Hiv in Sub-saharan Africa: a Systematic Review
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Introduction: Children and adolescents living with HIV (C/ALHIV) are at a risk for significant neurocognitive deficits. There is limited literature that addresses the role of socioeconomic factors in neurocognitive deficits ...
