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Hepatitis B virus replication in patients with chronic liver diseases
(1990)
One hundred and seventy five subjects with chronic liver diseases which included patients with chronic active hepatitis (90), liver cirrhosis (31) and asymptomatic hepatitis B carriers (54), were included in the study. ...
New Natural Filarial Parasites Of Nonhuman Primates In Kenya: A Potential Use As Laboratory Model/s For Onchocerciasis.
(1990)
To determine the natural filarial infections in east african nonhuman primates, we initiated a screening study at the Institute of Primate Research (IPR) in 1985. We report the findings of this study for the period between ...
Battered baby syndrome at Kenyatta National Hospital
(1990-12)
Thirty children presenting with Battered Baby Syndrome over a five year period were studied retrospectively. The male:female ratio was 1:1.1. The majority (60%) were aged 0-11 months. 14 children (46%) were abandoned while ...
Stroke at Kenyatta National Hospital
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1990-07)
Seventy two patients presenting with stroke to Kenyatta National Hospital were studied between January 1986 and January 1987. The majority were from the rural areas. There were about equal numbers between left and right ...
Aortic-pulmonary chemodectoma (non-chromaffin paraganglioma). Apropos of a case which followed an adrenal pheochromocytoma
(1990)
The authors present the 61st published case of an aorticopulmonary chemodectoma diagnosed in patient of 59 years who had been operated on 7 years previously for a right sided adrenal pheochromocytoma. The diagnosis was ...
Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya by aminosidine alone or combined with sodium stibogluconate.
(1990)
The treatment of leishmaniasis, as currently conducted in Kenya with sodium stibogluconate, is unsatisfactory as it is expensive, resistance and relapses may occur, and major adverse effects have been reported. Recently, ...
A note on clinical-pathological findings and serum enzyme activity in sheep, goats and Friesian calves with acute Lantana camara poisoning
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
In a zero-grazing unit 59 goats, 47 sheep and 15 calves were fed L. camara (prickly-stem type); 6 goats, 7 sheep and 5 calves died with generalized jaundice and liver and kidney lesions; they recovered after symptomatic ...
The problems of low back pain in Africa
(University of Nairobi., 1990-04)
Discussed in this paper are 227 African patients seen in a private clinic in the period August 1982 to March 1987. During the same period 2201 patients were seen. This constitutes 10%. Most of the sufferers were in the ...
Indoor air pollution in a Kenyan village.
(1990)
In April 1986, a study was carried out within rural households in Maragua area, Muranga District, Republic of Kenya, to assess the degree of indoor air pollution and to find its relationship, if any, to acute respiratory ...
Family study of Kenyan children with school refusal
(, 1990-02)
The problem of school non-attendance is an increasing one in our setting and yet its cause has not been established. This paper presents data of work done through interviews with parents and observations of the home ...