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Double HPV infection in African cervical cancer detected by polymerase chain reaction
(University of Nairobi., 1991-02)
Biopsy samples from 13 Kenyan patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix were analysed for the presence of type specific HPV DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). HPV 16 was confirmed in 11 (85%) and HPV 18 in ...
Osteopetrosis presenting with paroxysmal trigeminal neuralgia: A case report
(1991)
Osteopetrosis is a rare disease of unknown aetiology. The relentless bone growth may progressively obliterate the various craniofacial skeletal foramina leading to nerve compression and a diversity of neurological disorders. ...
Experimental kwashiokor and obesity
(1991)
Obesity and kwashiorkor syndrome were experimentally simulated in sprague dawley weaning rats to investigate the changes in energy metabolism and relative organ body weight ratios during over nutrition and under nutrition.Liver ...
Protamine--the need to determine the dose. Comparison of a simple protamine titration method with an empirical dose regimen for reversal of heparinisation following cardiopulmonary bypass.
(1991)
A simple method of protamine titration using the Hemochron system was compared with an empirical dose protocol for reversal of heparinisation following cardiopulmonary bypass in 40 patients undergoing elective myocardial ...
Bacteriology of acute septic arthritis
(University of Nairobi, 1991)
In a study of septic arthritis infants formed the bulk of patients though, notably, neonates were not encountered. Gram-negative bacterial of the Salmonella species, especially Salmonella typhimurium and Klebsiella species ...
Cost-effectiveness of routine ultrasound examination in first trimester of pregnancy.
(1991)
The findings of first-trimester ultrasound scans are analyzed. The patients were divided into two groups according to the reliability of their alleged date of last menstrual period and the regularity of their menstrual ...
Mandibular fractures: an appraisal of the weak regions.
(1991)
There is no uniformity in the role of different aetiologic factors in mandibular fractures in different cities of the world. Cultural and socioeconomic factors appear to have important contribution to the aetiologies. The ...
Mouthbreathing, lip seal and upper lip coverage and their relationship with gingival inflamation in 11-14 year-old schoolchildren
(1991)
The gingival health of 201 schoolchildren aged 11-14 years was assessed at 6 sites on all the incisor and first molar teeth by recording separately the presence or absence of redness and bleeding on probing. Crowding of ...
Patent ductus arteriosus in African preterm infants
(Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, 1991)
During a 7 month period, April to October, 1984, 537 consecutive babies weighing upto 2000 gm were studied at the Kenyatta National Hospital's newborn unit. Of these 48 (8.9%) had murmurs suggestive of patent ductus ...
Constrictive pericarditis masquerading as Budd-Chiari syndrome
(1991)
Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) and constrictive pericarditis (CP) share many common clinical features. Over the last year we encountered three patients in whom CP clinically mimicked BCS. Two of the three did not even have ...