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Appendicectomy for recurrent and chronic appendicitis.
(2007-01)
In recent years, several reports have underlined the possible existence of chronic appendicitis. Up to 38% of spontaneously resolving acute appendicitis may recur. We studied 41 patients operated on between July 2000 and ...
Feasibility of detecting human immunodeficiency virus type 1 drug resistance in DNA extracted from whole blood or dried blood spots
(2007)
Due to high cost, availability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drug resistance testing in
resource-poor settings is still limited. We therefore evaluated the usefulness of viral DNA extracted from either
whole ...
Variant anatomy of the cystic artery in adult Kenyans.
(2007)
Knowledge of the variant vascular anatomy of the subhepatic region is important for hepatobiliary surgeons in limiting operative complications due to unexpected bleeding. The pattern of arterial blood supply of 102 ...
The Course And Outcome Of Psychiatric Illness In People With Prader-Willi Syndrome: Implications For Management And Treatment.
(2007)
This study is part of a larger UK-wide study investigating psychiatric illness in people with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), and describes the longitudinal aspect of psychiatric illness, in particular psychotic illness, and ...
Meat supplementation improves growth, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes in Kenyan children
(2007)
A randomized, controlled school feeding study was conducted in rural Embu District, Kenya to test for a causal link between animal-source food intake and changes in micronutrient nutrition and growth, cognitive, and ...
Designing snacks to address micronutrient deficiencies in rural Kenyan schoolchildren
(2007)
Three snacks were designed to improve nutrient intakes among school-age children living in rural Kenya. Snacks containing animal-source foods (milk and meat) provided more nutrients than an equicaloric vegetarian snack. ...
The antibiotic sensitivity pattern of coagulase negative staphylococci; a major ocular normal flora
(2007-11)
Objective: To describe the changing drug sensitivity patterns for Coagulase Negative
Staphylococci (CNS), the most commonly isolated bacteria of the conjunctival normal flora
Design: Descriptive retrospective study
Setting: ...
Swellable molecularly imprinted polyN-(N-propyl)acrylamide particles for detection of emerging organic contaminants using surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy.
(2007)
Lightly crosslinked theophylline imprinted polyN-(N-propyl)acrylamide particles (ca. 300nm in diameter) that are designed to swell and shrink as a function of analyte concentration in aqueous media were spin coated onto a ...
Serum total sialic acid and hanganutziu-deicher antibody in normals and in cancer patients
(2007-05)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the levels of both TSA and HD antibody in sera of patients with various malignancies and evaluate their potential role as diagnostic and/ or prognostic markers. DESIGN: Laboratory based analysis. ...
Lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(University of Nairobi., 2007-03)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the causes and pattern of lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
DESIGN:
Descriptive prospective study.
SETTING:
The Kenyatta National Hospital between July 2003 and ...