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Family hysteria in a Kenyan setting
(1985)
A case study of hysterical fits affecting five children in the same family in rural Kenya is presented. The only girl in the study was the last to succumb, probably reflecting her modeling upon her mother. The psychopathology ...
An epidemiological study of osteogenic sarcoma in Kenya: the variations in incidence between ethnic groups and geographic regions, 1968-1978.
(, 1985)
Kenya is a country of marked environmental and ethnic diversity. A study of osteogenic sarcoma occurring in Kenya from 1968 to 1978 revealed 251 cases, representing between 89% and 100% of the predicted number. Variations ...
Relationships of Schistosoma haematobium, hookworm and malarial infections and metrifonate treatment to growth of Kenyan school children
(1985)
Relationships of S. haematobium, hookworm and malarial infections to growth 6 months after metrifonate treatment were studied in Kenyan primary school children in an area where poor growth, S. haematobium and hookworm were ...
Clinical trials and medical ethics
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1985-01)
Detection of 8,9-dihydro-(7'-guanyl)-9-hydroxyaflatoxin B1 in human urine.
(1985)
A possible role of aflatoxin B1 (AFB) in the etiology of human liver cancer has been suggested from several epidemiological studies. This has been based upon the association between consumption of AFB-contaminated food and ...
Response Of Nerve Growth Cone To Focal Electric Currents.
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
Monopolar Electric Current Pulses Were Focally Applied Through A Micropipette To The Growth Cone Of Xenopus Embryonic Neurons In Culture. Application Of The Current Directly In Front Of The Growth Cone Modulated The Rate ...
Idiopathic Hyperaldosteronism In A Dog.
(University Of Nairobi, 1985-10)
Idiopathic hyperaldosteronism was diagnosed in an 8-year-old castrated male Yorkshire Terrier, based on increased concentration of plasma aldosterone, hypertension, hypernatremia, decreased natriuresis, hypokalemia, and ...
Primary carcinoma of the prostate in Nigerians as seen at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital
(1985)
A prospective study of serial serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations was made on 21 patients who had received renal allografts. CRP was raised during 27 of 32 rejection episodes and in all of five episodes of rejection ...