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Improvements In Growth Following Iron Supplementation In Young Kenyan School Children.
(University of Nairobi, 1990-05)
The study was conducted to determine whether provision of oral supplementary iron to primary school children in Kenya would improve their growth. Children in the two lowest grades who satisfied study criteria were allocated ...
Stroke at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University 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 ...
Haemangiosarcoma in dogs: morphological and clinical findings
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
Haemangiosarcomas in 24 dogs (average age 9 years) were found in the spleen (11 cases) or skin (9) or in bone, heart, liver or tongue (1 each); haemoperitoneum was present in 9 dogs. Metastases to the liver or lungs or ...
Outcome of intervention with or without low dose oral interferon alpha in thirty-two HIV-1 seropositive patients in a referral hospital
(University of Nairobi, 1990-07)
Thirty two critically ill patients were admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital with a diagnosis of HIV-1 seropositivity on both ELISA and Western Blot between October 1989 and January 1990. Sixteen of the patients received ...
HIV infection and AIDS in children. In: Primary Health Care: A manual for medical students and other health workers
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
No abstract available
Childhood aplastic anaemia in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
Forty two children with aplastic anaemia were seen at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, over a period of 8 years (1980-1988). These have been analysed with respect to sex, age and area of geographical origin. The overall ...
Malnutrition and infections as causes of childhood anemia in tropical Africa.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1990)
Anemia is the most common disorder in hospital patients in tropical Africa, and it is demonstrated in up to 70% of inpatients. Community studies indicate that as many as 40% of the children younger than 15 years of age, ...
Megaloblastic anaemia in Zimbabwe. II: Diagnostic significance of red cell indices in
(University of Nairobi, 1990-10)
Studies of red cell indices viz: Rbc count, Hb, Hct ratio, MCV, MCH and MCHC were carried out in normal subjects (n = 62) and in patients with: B12 deficiency (n = 34); folate deficiency (n = 17); and B12 and folate ...
The Kenyan Luo migration study: observations on the initiation of a rise in blood pressure
(1990)
OBJECTIVE:
To demonstrate the magnitude, timing, and cause of changes in blood pressure that occur in migrants from a low blood pressure population on moving to an urban area.
DESIGN:
A controlled longitudinal ...