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Pharmacokinetics of cyclophosphamide in Kenyan African children with lymphoma.
(1984)
The pharmacokinetics of cyclophosphamide have been extensively studied in adult man (Grochow et al., 1979). A few studies have been done to compare the pharmacokinetics of this important anticancer agent in children and ...
Hereditary bleeding disorders in Kenya
(1981-10)
This is a retrospective study of 105 patients with herediatry haemorrhagic
disorders seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), between March 1975 and July 1980. Haemophilia forms 63% of the cases, Christmas disease ...
Anaemia in a patient population at a provincial hospital in Western Kenya
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1980-06)
Kaposi's sarcoma associated with hairy cell leukaemia
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983-04)
The case is described of a patient with hairy cell leukaemia who later developed Kaposi's sarcoma. This association has not been reported before and the coexistence of hairy cell leukaemia with another tumour is very rare. ...
Hematopathological observations in Kenyan children with sickle cell anemia in the first decade of life
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1982)
This paper reviews clinicopathological and hematological manifestations of sickle cell anemia as seen in Kenyan children in the first decade of life. The information is based on a study of 447 patients. The findings are ...
Ultrastructure of bone marrow in patients with visceral leishmaniasis
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1987-03)
Ultrastructural studies were performed on bone marrow aspirates from three patients with visceral leishmaniasis. The patients were moderately anaemic but showed a suboptimal increase in the absolute reticulocyte count. ...
Possible viral etiology of childhood acute lymphosarcoma-cell leukaemia in Kenya.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1984)
Childhood acute lymphosarcoma-cell leukaemia (CALSCL) accounts for 13-14% of all childhood leukaemias in Kenya. It occurs in temporal clusters in children aged 5-9 years, and an environmental leukaemogenic factor is therefore ...
The role of needle aspiration cytology in the differential diagnosis of accessible paediatric tumours
(1989-03)
In the period 1985-88, 171 fine needle aspirates from paediatric patients with malignant and non-neoplastic masses were processed and evaluated in the Department of Haematology, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. Sixty-five ...
Haematological abnormalities in visceral leishmaniasis
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1980-09)
External quality control in blood coagulation at the Kenyatta National hospital
(1984-07)
The Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) haematology section of the department of pathology has regularly participated in the World Health Organisation spon¬sored quality control (QC) exercises in blood coagulation since October ...