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HBV markers (HBsAg, HBSAb, HBCAb in 160 medical students at Kenyatta National Hospital
(1989-05)
In an exercise to study the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of the Engerix B vaccine, 160 medical students were screened for Hepatitis B Markers (HBsAg, HBsAb and HBcAb) with a view to vaccinating those that were negative. ...
Hereditary bleeding disorders in Kenya
(1981-10)
This is a retrospective study of 105 patients with herediatry haemorrhagic
disorders seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), between March 1975 and July 1980. Haemophilia forms 63% of the cases, Christmas disease ...
Review articles:The acute leukaemias
(1986)
This is a general overview of our present knowledge of the epidemiology, classification, clinico-pathological features, and the management of the acute leukaemias, Observations on the incidence, classification and behaviour ...
Metabolism of cathinone to d-norpseudoephedrine in humans.
(1983)
Cathinone, a potent psychostimulant isolated from young shoots of Catha edulis was given to four human volunteers. Examination of urine collected from the volunteers at predetermined intervals showed the presence of unchanged ...
Factors Affecting Rehabilitation Following Aortocoronary Bypass Procedures.
(University of Nairobi, 1982-11)
Two hundred and ten men were referred consecutively to a rehabilitation program following aortocoronary bypass surgery. The program involved exercise tolerance testing 8 and 20 weeks postoperatively, with an intervening ...
Incidence of Carabelli's trait in Kenyan Africans and Asians
(1982)
Examination for incidence of Carabelli's trait was done on 1267 Africans and 781 Asian school children, 298 dental plaster casts and 248 skulls of Africans. The African sample is composed of 80% Bantu, 20% Nilote, and ...
Estimation of calendar age from eruption times of permanent teeth in Kenyan Africans and Asians
(1982)
Eruption data for permanent teeth, obtained from a previous cross-sectional study of 2847 African and Asian school children aged 4-14 years in Nairobi, Kenya, were used to calculate the median age and the 10th-90th percentile ...
Lack of correlation of maternal human immunodeficiency virus infection with neonatal malformations
(1989-10)
A malformation syndrome has been proposed in infants with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related complex secondary to congenital infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ...
Some aspects of obstructive jaundice at Kenyatta National Hospital
(1989)
A prospective study was carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) between June 1987 and September 1988 to look at some aspects of obstructive jaundice in patients above 12 years of age, Screening for cases was done ...
Antibacterial activities of erythromycins A, B, C, and 0 and some ,of their derivatives
(1985)
The MICs of erythromycins A, B, C, and J) and some of their derivatives were determined against 21 gram-positive and 15 gram-negative microorganisms, Antibacterial activity was confined to gram-poSiti,'e and very few ...