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The Phenomenology And Diagnosis Of Psychiatric Illness In People With Prader-Willi Syndrome.
(2008)
Psychotic illness is strongly associated with the maternal uniparental disomy (mUPD) genetic subtype of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), but not the deletion subtype (delPWS). This study investigates the clinical features of ...
HIV-1 persists in breast milk cells despite antiretroviral treatment to prevent mother-to-child transmission
(2008)
Background: The effects of short-course antiretrovirals given to reduce mother-to-child
transmission (MTCT) on temporal patterns of cell-associated HIV-1 RNA and DNA in
breast milk are not well defined.
Methods: Women ...
Plasmid Borne Resistance in Klebsiella Isolates from Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(2008)
Eighty six Klebsiella isolates from Kenyatta National Hospital and the Centre for Microbiology, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi were screened for resistance to commonly prescribed antimicrobial agents and for ...
Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among young uncircumcised men in Kisumu, Kenya
(2008)
OBJECTIVES:
To identify factors associated with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection among men aged 18-24 in Kisumu, Kenya.
METHODS:
Baseline data from a randomised trial of male circumcision were analysed. ...
Evaluation of assessment instruments used on children presenting with altered level of consciousness.
(2008)
To compare current care with a proposed gold standard (formal coma scale use) for assessment of children presenting with altered consciousness.
A prospective study.
Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
One hundred ...
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) versus Zidovudine/Nevirapine Effects on Early Breast Milk HIV-1 RNA: A Phase II Randomized Clinical Trial
(2008)
Background
Defining the effect of antiretroviral regimens on breast milk HIV-1 levels is useful to inform the rational design of strategies to decrease perinatal HIV-1 transmission.
Methods
Pregnant HIV-1 seropositive ...
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum in a patient with sickle cell disease: case report
(2008)
An 18 year female sickler (HbSS) presented with repeated history of epistaxis and bleeding gums. Features consistent with pseudoxanthoma elasticum were observed, such as hyper-extensile redundant skin folds in the neck, ...
Gender-associated violence at a women's hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2008-07)
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the pattern of gender-associated violence amongst adult survivors.
DESIGN:
Descriptive case analysis of prospectively collected data.
SETTING:
The gender violence and recovery centre (GVRC), ...
Cost effectiveness of couple counselling to enhance infant HIV-1 prevention
(2008)
Data collected in the years 2001–2003 from an antenatal clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, were used to assess the benefit of couple counselling and test it as a way of increasing the uptake of interventions in the prevention of ...
Bacterial vaginosis in HIV-infected women induces reversible alterations in the cervical immune environment
(2008)
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) has been associated with
increased HIV cervicovaginal shedding. We hypothesized that this might relate to BV-associated increases in mucosal activated CD4+ T cells, which could enhance local HIV ...