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Lack of efficacy of low dose oral interferon alfa in symptomatic HIV-1 infection: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial
(University of Nairobi., 1998)
BACKGROUND:
Interferon alfa (IFN-alpha) exhibits dose related in vitro activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with complete inhibition of HIV replication at IFN-alpha concentrations > or = 256 IU/ml. In ...
Accessory pathway reciprocating tachycardia
(1998)
Patients who have an accessory pathway (AP) of atrioventricular (AV) conduction may develop circus movement tachycardia otherwise known as atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia (AVRT). Orthodromic AVRT is the most common ...
The use of drugs for cardioversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation and flutter. Focus on ibutilide
(1998)
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, particularly in the elderly population. It is well recognised that AF is a major cause of stroke, even in the absence of underlying heart disease. Although ...
Community Mental Health Nursing
(university of nairobi, 1998)
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is an uncommon yet potentially life threatening condition which is often under-diagnosed or misdiagnosed because of the variability of the clinical signs and symptoms. The imaging findings ...
Different patterns of cell proliferation and death and oncogene expression in cutaneous malignant melanoma.
(University of Nairobi,, 1998-05)
Ninety-six cutaneous melanomas (CMs) were investigated aiming at finding differences, if any, among the main four clinicopathological types, for Bcl-2, c-myc and p53 protein expression, and for tumor cell proliferation and ...
HIV-associated malignant lymphomas in Kenya (Equatorial Africa)
(University of Nairobi,, 1998-11)
The clinical and pathological features of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related lymphomas, including their relationship with other viruses, such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus-8 (HHV8), ...
Bacterial meningitis in children admitted in hospitals within Nairobi.
(1998)
Four hundred and ninety nine children (aged between one month and five years) admitted with clinical features of meningitis were recruited in cross-sectional survey of bacterial meningitis in hospitals within Nairobi. ...
Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis in elective cesarean delivery.
(University of Nairobi., 1998-06)
OBJECTIVE:
To test the value of using prophylactic antibiotics at elective cesarean delivery.
METHOD:
One-hundred and twenty women delivered by elective cesarean in the absence of labor and before the rupture of membranes ...
Anti-HLA Alloantibody Is Found in Children But Does Not Correlate with a Lack of HIV Type 1 Transmission from Infected Mothers
(1998)
Searching for mechanisms of natural resistance to HIV infection with which to guide HIV vaccine design, we have examined antibody responses to HLA class I antigens in children of HIV-1-infected mothers. Anti-HLA antibodies ...
Diagnosis Of Disseminated Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Using Cytogenetics: Case Report.
(University of Nairobi, 1998-12)
Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya. The clinical, histologic and cytogenetic features of a patient with the alveolar subtype of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) ...