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Social-demographic characteristics of patients with periodontitis visiting Unviersity of Nairobi dental hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
Background: Periodontitis is a disease that affects a majority of the population worldwide. Information available on periodontitis from different studies is contradicting with some studies showing increased prevalence in ...
Cheilitis glandularis progressing to squamous cell carcinoma in an hiv-infected patient: case report.
(University of Nairobi, 2007-12)
Cheilitis glandularis (CG), is a rare inflammatory minor salivary gland disease affecting the lower lip. The hallmarks of which include progressive enlargement and eversion of the lower labial mucosa resulting in the ...
Cellular Immune Responses And Susceptibility To HIV-1 Superinfection: A Case-control Study.
(University of Nairobi, 2012-03)
A case-control study was performed to determine the effects of HIV-1-specific cellular immune responses on the odds of acquiring a second HIV-1 infection (superinfection). Changes in the frequency of cytokine-producing or ...
Surgery for peptic ulceration.
(University of Nairobi, 1994)
Partial gastric resection for peptic ulcer--comparison of the effect of variant reconstructive procedures on gastric emptying, gastric acid secretion and gastrin release in the early postoperative period I. Roux-en-Y and ...
A Pulei Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc in an African Population: Kenyan Experience
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
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Dislocation of the elbow with ipsilateral forearm fracture. Six particular cases.
(University of Nairobi, 2013-10)
Elbow dislocation associated with ipsilateral radial shaft fracture is an infrequent injury (nine cases reported in the literature). We present six new cases observed between 2006 and 2012, with an average age of 31 years ...
Solitary plasmacytoma of the mandible - a rare entity
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Plasma cell dyscrasias (multiple myeloma, solitary plasmocytoma of bone and extra medullary plasmocytoma) are cha¬racterized by a monoclonal neoplastic proliferation of plasma cells of which Solitary plasmocytoma of bone ...
Evidence review of hydroxyurea for the prevention of sickle cell complications in low-income countries.
(2013-11)
Hydroxyurea is widely used in high-income countries for the management of sickle cell disease (SCD) in children. In Kenyan clinical guidelines, hydroxyurea is only recommended for adults with SCD. Yet many deaths from SCD ...
Lymphocyte enzyme activities in East African blacks: decrease in 5'nucleotidase and possible relation to immunosuppression
(University of Nairobi,, 1983)
Microanalysis of subcellular organelle marker enzymes was applied to cryopreserved lymphocytes (obtained and processed in the field) from East African blacks with moderate to severe malnutrition and subject to locally ...