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Constituents of the essential oil of blumea brevipes (Oliv. & Hiern) Willd.
(1994)
The composition of the essential oil of Blumea brevipes (Oliv. & Hiero) Willd. isolated by hydrodistillation was analysed by GC and GC-MS. Sixty-eight compounds constituting about 94% of the oil were identified. The main ...
Knowledge practises and attitudes towards HIV positive and AIDS patients among dental auxiliaries
(1994)
The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge. practices and attitudes towards HlV
positive and AIDS patients amongst 71 dental auxiliaries using on a self administered questionnaire.6. (91.5%)returned the questionnaire. ...
Residual facial deformity resulting from cancrum oris: a case report.
(1994)
Cancrum oris cases are occasionally treated in various hospitals in Kenya. Despite this, only one case has been reported in literature. Besides, no epidemiological or treatment studies of cancrum oris has been carried out ...
Nitric oxide: a new biological messenger molecule
(1994)
Nitric oxide, a recently discovered gaseous biological messenger molecule, has been found to playa fundamental regulatory role in the body. It is involved in the cardiovascular, immune, reproductive, and digestive physiology ...
Postnatal growth of abandoned preterm babies
(1994)
Eighteen abandoned low birth weight infants matched for sex and gestational age with infants who had mothers were followed up till discharge or death. Anthropometric measurements were taken on recruitment and then weekly. ...
The association between lack of male circumcision and risk for HIV infection: a review of the epidemiological data.
(1994)
Whether male circumcision reduces the risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection remains controversial.
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As there have now been a number of studies conducted that have examined this issue, ...
Mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1: report from the Nairobi Study
(1994)
Mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a significant problem in countries with endemic HIV-1 infection. Between 1986 and 1991, 365 children of HIV-1-infected mothers and 363 control ...
[No detection of mycoplasma in 205 conjunctival swabs]
(1994)
Mycoplasma is known to cause pulmonary and urogenital infections in humans. A pathogenicity for the human eye never has been assessed, although they have been observed in the peripheral eye in a few cases of acute and ...
Famotidine in the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux.
(1994)
Famotidine has been used for the treatment of peptic ulcers and Zollinger Ellison syndrome and is also useful in reflux and erosive oesophagitis. To evaluate the effects of Famotidine 20 mg given twice daily in the symptomatic ...
The microfilarial periodic pattern of Wuchereria bancrofti in Kenya.
(1994)
Microfilarial periodic pattern of Wuchereria bancrofti in Kenya was confirmed by the statistical method proposed by Aikat and Das (1977). Fifteen microfilarial positive individuals were brought to Nairobi from Malindi, ...