Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Title
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Project on the promotion of girls schooling in a rural environment. Exploratory and regulatory evaluation. Preliminary version
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Prolactin and hypertension
(1977)Progesterone (2.5 mg per kilogram) caused sustained hypertension in rabbits. When the same dose of progesterone was administered together with prolactin (1.25 mg. per kilogram), there was no increase in the blood pressure. ... -
Prolactin release in subjects with uterine fibroid
(School of medicine, University of Nairobi, 1982) -
Prolactin response in patients with hypertensive disease in pregnancy
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Prolapsed Inter-vertebral disc in an African population
(College of health science University of Nairobi, 2012)Characteristics of Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc (PID) in Africa, reports are scanty and often disparate PID in Kenya is commonest in the lower lumbar region of young people more in females and is associated with trauma -
Proliferation and differentiation in organotypic serum free cultures of normal human oral mucosa.
(University of NairobiSchool of Dental Sciences, 2002) -
Proline transport by tsetse fly Glossina morsitans flight muscle mitochondria.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1992-07)Proline accumulation by tsetse fly Glossina morsitans flight muscle mitochondria was studied in vitro by the swelling technique and direct measurement of (U-14C) proline. 2. Proline transport was inhibited by the uncharged ... -
Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in anal/rectal swabs and stool specimens in COVID-19 patients after negative conversion in nasopharyngeal RT-PCR test
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a rapidly escalating pandemic that has spread to many parts of the world. Current data available on COVID‐19 would suggest that SARS‐CoV‐2 virus is shed through the gastrointestinal ... -
Promoting laboratory-based scientificresearch in Kenya: are we flogging a dead horse?
(East Cent. Afr. J. Pharm. Sci, 2019-12-19)Medicinal chemistry and allied biochemical sciences are an essential part of the drug discovery and development process. Countries with a well established pharmaceutical industry base are necessarily backed by a strong ... -
Promoting Neuroscience Research In Kenya: What Can We Do As A Neuroscience Community?
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Physiology, 1999) -
Promoting reproductive options for HIV‐affected couples in sub‐Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)HIV-affected couples face unique challenges that require access to information and reproductive services to prevent HIV transmission to the uninfected partner and offspring while allowing couples to fulfil their reproductive ... -
Promotion of handwashing as a measure of quality of care and prevention of hospital-acquired infections in Eritrea: the Keren study
(Departmnent of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2005)A complex interplay of cognitive, socio-economic and technical factors may determine hand-washing practice among hospital-based health workers, particularly doctors, regardless of the location of the country or hospital ... -
Promotion of handwashing as a measure of quality of care and prevention of hospital-acquired infections in Eritrea: the Keren study. Afr Health Sci. 2005 Mar;5(1):4-13.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)No abstract available -
Promotion of handwashing as a measure of quality of care and prevention of hospital-acquired infections in Eritrea: the Keren study. Afr Health Sci. 2005 Mar;5(1):4-13.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)No abstract available -
Properties and kinetics and purified brain hexokinase.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1968-05) -
Properties of a blood-meal-induced midgut lectin from the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans
(University of NairobiInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, 1995)The properties of a blood-meal-induced lectin (agglutinin) from the midgut of Glossina morsitans capable of agglutinating Trypanosoma brucei were studied in vitro. The midgut homogenate from flies that had been fed twice ... -
Property Rights Violations as a Structural Driver of Women's HIV Risks: A Qualitative Study in Nyanza and Western Provinces, Keny
(2012)While access to and control over assets can minimize women's HIV risk, little is known about the processes through which property rights violations increase the sexual transmission of HIV. The current study focused on two ... -
Prophylactic phenytoin does not improve cerebral edema or survival in acute liver failure–a controlled clinical trial.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2004)BACKGROUND/AIMS: Seizure activity in patients with acute liver failure (ALF) may increase cerebral oxygen requirements and worsen cerebral edema. Recently, prophylactic phenytoin has been recommended to suppress sub-clinical ... -
The prophylactic use of antimicrobial agents in the surgery of the intestine.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1976)