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Acute lymphocytic leukaemia complicating the course of hodgkin's disease-a case report of a kenyan african and review of the literature
(1979-10)
This is a case report of a 12-year-old male who developed acute lymphocytic leukaemia (ALL) 8 years after a diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease (HD) had been made. During the 8 years, intensive radiotherapy and a single dose ...
Pharmacokinetics of cyclophosphamide and alkylating activity in man after intravenous and oral administration.
(1979)
Since cyclophosphamide is used by both oral and i.v. routes in the treatment of hematological and solid malignancies, we designed a randomized, crossover clinical trial to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of this anticancer ...
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease (The Stigmas of Sore Throat)
(1979)
The prevention of acute rheumatic fever by penicillin therapy of acute streptococcal respiratory infections was attempted in this study. Procaine penicillin G in oil containing 2 per cent aluminum monostearate was injected ...
The kinetics of salivary elimination of cyclophosphamide in man.
(1979)
The concentrations of cyclophosphamide in plasma and saliva were determined in seven patients following administration of single doses of cyclophosphamide during chemotherapy for lymphoma. 2 The saliva/plasma ratio was ...
Pregnancy care and delivery management for patients with rheumatic heart diseases
(1979)
cute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an illness caused
by a reaction to a bacterial infection with group
A streptococcus. It causes an acute, generalised
inflammatory response and an illness that targets
specific parts of the ...
Cost Benefit Analysis in Adult Education.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
This paper describes the methodology and presents preliminary results of an economic appraisal of a community based health care project in Kenya. Community health workers, trained for 12 weeks and deployed in two locations ...
Schistosomiasis haematobia in coast province Kenya. Relationship between egg output and morbidity
(, 1979-09)
Several studies of schistosomiasis haematobia in Africa have revealed a correlation between intensity of infection as measured by urine egg counts and severity of disease as determined by intravenous pyelography. The present ...
Community diagnosis and health action: a manual for tropical and rural areas.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
As the interest of medical schools in developing countries moves towards the use of community health centres in providing much of the health care for the majority of the population, the need becomes apparent for training ...
Trends In Reproductive Health Knowledge Following A Health Education Intervention Among Adolescents In Zimbabwe
(University of Nairobi, 1979-01)
BACKGROUND:
Unwanted teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections and the attendant morbidity and mortality necessitate the need for understanding factors influencing adolescent sexuality and the implementation ...
The effects of aorto-iliac operations on sexual function in the male and a re-emphasis on possible preventive techniques.
(1979)
Patients undergoing aorto-iliac operations frequently suffer severe physical and psychological problems as a consequence of postoperative sexual disability. In an attempt to reduce this symptom complex, careful preoperative ...