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Eb-virus associated serology in malignant disease: antibody levels to viral capsid antigens (vca), membrane antigens (ma) and early antigens (ea) in patients with various neoplastic conditions
(University of Nairobi, 1972)
Two hundred and forty-nine sera derived from African donors suffering from a variety of malignant diseases were examined for EBV-related antibody levels. When divided into three major subgroups (lymphoproliferative tumours, ...
Possible role of malaria in the etiology of the nephrotic syndrome in Nairobi
(1972)
In a study in Nairobi, Kenya, 30 young adults with nephrotic syndrome were investigated in detail and a further 18 were studied less completely. In no case was evidence found to support a possible role for malaria in the ...
Exocrine pancreas function in premature and full term neonates.
(1972)
Pancreatic response to pancreozymin and secretin stimulations has been studied in
premature and full term neonates. The following results have been obtained. (7) At
birth premature neonates have a fairly well developed ...
The haemoglobin content of autotransfused blood in acute ectopic pregnancy
(University of Nairobi,, 1972)
Haemoglobin concentration and packed cell volume estimations were made on the intraperitoneal blood from 12 patients with acute ectopic pregnancy. The derived values for mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration were ...
New Australopithecines from East Rudolf, Kenya. II.
(1972)
Eleven new specimens of fossil hominids from the Plio-Pleistocene sediments of Lake Rudolf, Kenya, are described. They include the following: two left mandibular bodies; parts of two right mandibular bodies; a massive ...
Chronic hypertension in rabbits induced by bilateral placement of rigid casts around the carotid sinus regions
(University of Nairobi, 1972)
Blood pressure was measured by the ear capsule method in 12 conscious rabbits. After a two-week control period, at operation under anaesthesia rapid-setting dental cement casts were placed bilaterally around the carotid ...
Interaction of chloropromazine with adrenochrome and interference of a possible endogenous psychotogenic agent with some synaptic enzyme activities
(University of Nairobi, 1972)
Chloropromazine is able to interact with adrenochrome yielding a complex more stable than the acetylcholine-adrenochrome complex postulated as the endo-genous psychotogenic agent in mental illness. The toxicity of the ...
Acute Leukaemia in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1972-10)
Acute leukaemia is not as uncommon in equatorial East Africa as has until recently been believed. The acute myelogenous variety is disproportionately common in children and has an unusually frequent chloromatous presentation. ...
Nephrotic syndrome in adult Africans in Nairobi
(1972)
The adult nephrotic syndrome as met with in Nairobi is predominantly encountered in young sophisticated African women, most of whom began to use skin-lightening creams containing mercury before the symptomatic onset of ...
Site of the abnormal stimulus of gastric secretion after small bowel exclusion.
(University of Nairobi, 1972-07)
In dogs with either vagally innervated or denervated pouches, the acid responses to a standard meal, a meal which bypassed the greater part of the small bowel, and a meal introduced directly into the small intestine were ...