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Medical and surgical management of intracerebral hemorrhage.
(1998)
Intracerebral hemorrhage accounts for about 10% of all strokes. The diagnosis of this stroke subtype has been revolutionized by the use the computed tomography scanner. Therapeutic intervention in the form of medical and ...
Mother-child class I HLA concordance increases perinatal human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmission
(University of Nairobi, 1998-03)
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) gene products are expressed on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected cells and incorporated into the lipid envelope of HIV virions. Macaques immunized with human MHC gene products ...
Pharmacokinetics of cocaine and metabolites following intragastric administration to ten-day-old rat pups
(1998)
Fetal cocaine exposure is a major problem resulting from the illicit use of cocaine by pregnant women. Studies examining the prevalence of cocaine use during pregnancy estimate usage ranges from 5-17% (I). Although no ...
Aromatic plants of Kenya: volatile constituents of leaf oils of Sphaeranthus suaveolens (Forsk) D.C. and S. bullatus Mattf
(1998)
The essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from Sphaeranthus su av eolens (Forsk) D.C. (0.47%) and S. bullatus Mattf. (0.5%) were analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Seventy eight compounds consisting about 95% of the oil of ...
Clinical and in situ cellular responses to Haemophilus ducreyi in the presence or absence of HIV infection.
(1998)
We aimed to determine if the clinical and histological features of chancroid are altered by HIV infection. Male patients presenting to the Nairobi special treatment clinic with a clinical diagnosis of chancroid were eligible ...
Relapse of Hodgkin's disease after 10 years of complete remission: Case report.
(University of Nairobi, 1998-03)
A 17 year old male patient with nodular sclerosis Hodgkin's disease had a relapse of lymphocyte depleted type ten years after entering complete remission with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. This is the first documented ...
Management of Fournier's gangrene at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(1998-06)
A prospective study involving the management of forty six patients with Fournier's gangrene was carried out at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi over a period of two years. The age range was nine to 81 years with a ...
Benign and malignant prostatic obstruction
(1998)
This was a prospective study involving 27 patients with moderate symptoms of benign prostatic
hyperplasia (BPH) treated continuously with 5 mg of finasteride daily for one year. There was
improvement in clinical BPH ...
Fat Body Triacylglycerol Lipase in Solitary and Gregarious Phases of Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
(University of Nairobi, 1998-01)
The activities of the fat body triacylglycerol lipase were determined using 14C-trioleoylglycerol. Resting activities were estimated at 1.98 ± 0.24 and 1.95 ± 0.53 nmol free fatty acid (FFA)/hr/mg protein for gregarious ...
Plasmodium falciparum: purification of the various gametocyte developmental stages from in vitro-cultivated parasites
(University of Nairobi, 1998-10)
Cultivated Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes reach maturity in vitro in approximately 14-16 days, during which they pass through five morphologically distinct developmental stages. Purification of the earlier developmental ...