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Effects of atropine and propranolol on lung inflammation in experimental envenomation: comparison of two buthidae venoms.
(University of Nairobi, 2013-04)
BACKGROUND:
Previous works had shown that scorpion venom induced neurotransmitter elevation and an inflammatory response associated with various anatomo-pathological modifications. The most dangerous scorpions species ...
Hodgkin’s disease in Kenya: Demographic characteristics, EB virus and other aetiologic factors
(University of Nairobi,, 1995)
Assessment of maternal near-miss and quality of care in a hospital-based study in Accra, Ghana.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the baseline incidence of maternal near-miss, process indicators related to facility access, and quality of care at a tertiary care facility in urban Ghana.
METHODS:
A prospective observational ...
Bacteraemia, urinary tract infection and malaria in hospitalised febrile children in Nairobi: is there an association?
(2004)
There is laboratory evidence of altered immune function in children with malaria. Bacterial infections have been documented to complicate severe forms of malaria. However, it remains unclear whether such infections are ...
WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS study, cross-sectional phase II. Neuropsychological and neurological findings.
(University of Nairobi, 1994-01)
BACKGROUND:
The neuropsychological and neurological complications of HIV-1 infection and AIDS were explored within the cross-sectional phase of the WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS Study. Special attention was devoted to the ...
Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection in a tertiary referral center in Kenya .
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
The clinical features of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), in patients with and without HIV infection, were investigated in a tertiary referral centre in Kenya between 1997 and 1999. Although 186 cases were identified prospectively, ...
Personality disorder: a new global perspective.
(University of Nairobi, 2010-02)
Personality disorder is now being accepted as an important condition in mainstream psychiatry across the world. Although it often remains unrecognized in ordinary practice, research studies have shown it is common, creates ...
Variant Anatomy of the Hepatic Artery in Adult Kenyans.
(University of Nairobi, 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 ...
Admissions to Mulago Hospital special care baby unit (SCU) 1971-1975, a retrospective study
(1983)
NO abstract available
Periodontal Disease Treatment Seeking Behaviour at Nairobi University Dental Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Periodontal disease is any oral disease affecting the periodontium. Injury to it results in undesirable tooth loss. It is also one of the two most common causes of tooth mortality. It is a painless condition and it progresses ...