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Recent infectious disease outbreaks in Kenya: have we been caught unaware?
(1998)
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Treatment options in lupus nephritis
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1998)
Like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) itself, manifestations of lupus nephritis are highly varied in their clinical presentation, ranging from mild proteinuria to rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis causing renal ...
Pathogenesis of lupus nephritis: a review
(1998)
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a non-organ specific autoimmune disease in which the primary autoantigen has been a subject of debate despite detection of antibodies to several nuclear antigens. Contrary to previously ...
Effect of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection upon acute salpingitis: a laparoscopic study.
(1998)
To determine the effect of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection upon pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), a laparoscopic study of acute PID was conducted in Nairobi, Kenya. Subjects underwent diagnostic ...
Minor Flavanones from Erythrina abyssinica
(1998)
Four new prenylated flavanones, abyssinone-V 4'-methyl ether (1) and abyssinoflavanones IV (2), V (3), and VI (4), have been isolated as minor flavanones from the African medicinal plant, Erythrina abyssinica, together ...
Common Skin Diseases
(1998)
The chapter discusses common both infectious and non infectious skin diseases in the tropical environment in a medicine text book: Medicine: Non-communicable Diseases in Adults; which widely explores common medical diseases ...
Transient Focal neurological deficits in patients with hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia; report of 4 cases
(1998)
A case of hypoglycaemia and three cases of hyperglycaemia presenting with focal neurological deficits are presented. The focal presentations were hemiparesis and focal convulsion that returned to normal upon correction of ...
Urinary tract stone disease in Nairobi
(1998)
At the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and other private hospitals in Nairobi urinary stone disease is not being correctly diagnosed. Over a 15 year period (1980-1995) only 56 patients have been confirmed to have urinary ...
Osteosarcoma of the maxillofacial bones in Kenyans
(1998)
Osteosarcoma (OS) is a highly malignant tumour and is the most common primary neoplasm of bone; although rare, especially in the maxillofacial skeleton. This article presents 14 Kenyan cases of OS of the maxillofacial bones ...
Late presentation of laryngeal and nasopharyngeal cancer in Kenyatta National Hospital.
(1998-04)
The clinical stage at presentation of laryngeal and pharyngeal cancer is an important determinant of survival. Fifty six patients admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital with nasopharyngeal and laryngeal carcinoma were ...