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Median age at menopause in a rural population of western Kenya.
(1997)
This was a cross sectional descriptive study to discuss the median age of menopause in a rural area of Western Kenya. The broad objective of the study was to describe the demographic and biophysical characteristics of the ...
Antifolate drug resistance and point mutations in Plasmodium falciparum in Kenya
(1997)
Due to increased chloroquine resistance, the antifolate/sulpha drug combinations are becoming increasingly important in the chemotherapy of falciparum malaria. However, point mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase gene ...
Local therapy of CMV retinitis: a new therapeutical approach
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Pharmacological activities of pistia stratiotes
(1997)
The pharmacologic activities of Pistia stratiotes were studied. Calcium channel blocking activity of a methanol extract of the whole plant was demonstrated using isolated segments of rabbit jejunum and confirmed via ...
Activity of Ageratum Conyzoides extract on isolated rat phrenic nerve diaphram and blood pressure on anaesthetised rats
(1997)
Crude root and aerial part extracts of A. conyzoides were found to have neuromuscular blocking activity in isolated rats phrenic nerve-diaphragm. Physostigmine failed to reverse the blockade. It was also observed that the ...
Supraventricular tachycardia. ECG diagnosis and anatomy
(1997)
This paper reviews the anatomical substrates responsible for the induction and maintenance of supraventricular tachycardia and discusses the ECG findings associated with these tachycardias. The normal anatomy of the ...
Epilepsy; Knowledge, Beliefs And Attitudes In Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Evaluation of an algorithm for integrated management of childhood illness in an area of Kenya with high malaria transmission.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1997)
In 1993, the World Health Organization completed the development of a draft algorithm for the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI), which deals with acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea, malaria, measles, ...
Tachycardia-induced atrial myopathy: an important mechanism in the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation?
(1997)
The atrial myocardium of patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) is often abnormal in its histologic features and in its electrophysiologic properties. These abnormalities have been interpreted in some cases as the ...