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Root Canal Treatment And Pulpotomy In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1991-04)
This study was carried out to evaluate the practice and depth of knowledge of root canal treatment and pulpotomy by dentists in Kenya. Questionnaires were prepared and mailed to 114 dentists whose addresses were available. ...
Oxamniquine pharmacokinetics in healthy Kenyan African volunteers
(University of Nairobi., 1991-05)
Oxamniquine pharmacokinetics were studied following oral administration of 750, 1000 mg or 1250 mg (equivalent to approximately 15 mg/kg) to five healthy Kenyan African volunteers. Peak plasma concentrations ranging between ...
A review of the epidemiology, public health importance, treatment and control of head lice.
(University of Nairobi., 1991-06)
Head lice are cosmopolitan and endemic. While they are not responsible for the spread of any disease, they are the cause of considerable social distress. They can infest anybody and do not discriminate between class or ...
Longitudinal study of young children in Kenya: intestinal parasitic infection with special reference to Giardia lamblia, its prevalence, incidence and duration, and its association with diarrhoea and with other parasites.
(University of Nairobi., 1991-11)
84 young children from a rural community, Nderu, in Kenya, were each followed for up to 10 months, from January to November 1987. Their ages ranged from 10 to 28 months over the period of study. Stools were obtained once ...
Preliminary experience with intraperitoneal catheters in the treatment of ovarian cancer
(University of Nairobi., 1991-03)
Twenty-nine patients with ovarian carcinoma were treated with intraperitoneal cisplatin. Insertion of an intraabdominal catheter was performed during second-look laparotomy. Only one serious complication occurred with ...
A study of mid-arm and chest circumferences as predictors of low birthweight
(University of Nairobi., 1991-02)
Nine hundred ninety-nine newborns were examined in order to determine the relationship between birthweight and mid-arm and chest circumstances. An early neonatal mortality rate of 51/1000 was recorded, being much higher ...
Management of sickle cell disease: a review
(University of Nairobi, 1991)
The treatment of sickle cell disease is still mainly symptomatic. However, there have been major advances in understanding the pathophysiology of sickling syndromes. This in turn has led to a proper approach in the management ...
Intestinal parasitoses and other infections in a college community.
(1991)
In order to assess the health status of students doing their teaching diploma course at the Siriba Teachers College, Maseno, a study of their blood slides, their stools for ova and cysts and their urine samples for urinary ...
Pitfalls after total parathyroidectomy and parathyroid autotransplantation in chronic renal failure.
(1991)
We have described 4 patients with chronic renal failure receiving regular haemodialysis treatment who underwent total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation of parathyroid fragments into the forearm musculature for ...
HPV 18 and cervical adenocarcinomas
(University of Nairobi., 1991-02)
Using Southern blot or in situ hybridization, several studies have recently reported an association between HPV 18 and adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix. In this study PCR was used to analyse the presence of HPV 16 and ...