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Cholelithiasis in the Kenyan African.
(1990)
A prospective and retrospective review of 20 cases of cholelithiasis diagnosed at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) between June 1987 and June 1989 was done. Females were more often affected (6 times) than their male ...
Treatment of HIV infections and AIDS: new horizons
(1990)
Treatment of HIV infections has involved the use of antiviral drugs as well as those drugs that act against opportunistic infections. Immune modulators have also been used. A review of these drugs is reported emphasizing ...
Interaction of benzoquinones with mitochondria interferes with oxidative phosphorylation characteristics
(University of Nairobi, 1990-06)
Studies with four benzoquinones, viz. juglone, embelin, maesaquinone and maesanin, on rat liver mitochondria oxidative phosphorylation have been carried out. Three of the benzoquinones are uncouplers in the order juglone ...
Megaloblastic anaemia in Zimbabwe: the pernicious anaemias
(University of Nairobi, 1990-07)
This study of 16 patients with pernicious anaemia (PA) (9 males and 7 females); serves as further evidence that the disease is not as infrequent in Africans as the literature stressing its rarity in the past appears to ...
Evidence for human antibodies that recognize an aflatoxin epitope in groups with high and low exposure to aflatoxins.
(University of Nairobi,, 1990)
Antibody activity against an aflatoxin epitope has been detected in serum from individuals who live in Kenya and who experience high exposure to aflatoxin B1. The activity was higher than in Danish people. The highest ...
Conjunctival Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(1990)
A patient with confirmed acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma was seen in the Eye Clinic, Kenyatta National Hospital, and was found to have involvement of the conjunctiva and lids, ...
Clinical presentation of urinary bladder cancers in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
Abstract
A review of cancers of urinary bladder as seen in the Kenyatta National Hospital was undertaken. 75 cases were histologically documented between January 1977 to June 1984. The incidence was found to be 0.75% ...
High fluoride levels in some Kenyan beverages: a health risk.
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
A cross section of 93 Kenyan products were analysed for fluoride levels using an F ion-specific electrode. The beverages consisted of 6 pure fruit juices, 25 "ready to drink" fruit juices, 11 "concentrated" fruit juices, ...
Chédiak-Higashi syndrome: a case report on an African infant.
(1990-09)
An African Kenyan female infant was born with very light skin and ashen grey, scanty hair. At 18 months she presented with a bluish skin pigmentation, hepatosplenomegaly, generalised lymphadenopathy and non-responsive ...
Dental and skeletal changes in juvenile hypothyroidism following treatment: case report
(University of Nairobi, 1990-01)
A case of juvenile hypothyroidism is presented showing evidence of delayed shedding of deciduous teeth, root development, eruption of permanent teeth as well as retarded skeletal growth. Changes in dental and skeletal ages ...