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Review of abortions at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(1980)
The case notes of patients admitted with abortions to Kenyatta National Hospital between January 1, 1978, and June 30, 1978, were analyzed. A retrospective study of 1424 patients was undertaken. Attempt was made to determine ...
Focusing on maternal mortality and morbidity
(1980)
The rate of maternal mortality is a measure of the health care available in a society. Maternal mortality rates in most of Africa are estimated at between 3 and 12/1000 births, indicating an inadequate health care system. ...
Isolation of rat liver 5S RNA genes
(1980)
A method for the isolation of structural genes, whose transcripts do not contain terminal poly(A) sequences, is presented. Poly(A) tails of predicted length were synthesized at the 3'-OH ends of RNA molecules employing ...
The Initiation of a Kikuyu Medicine Man
(1980)
* The field research for this paper was part of a broader project on urban and rural traditional medicine conducted in Kenya in ,1977-1978, supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. We ...
Relative potencies of two phenylalkylamines found in the abused plant khat
(University of Nairobi, 1980)
Cathinone and d-norpseudoephedrine are closely related phenylalkylamines isolated from View the MathML source (khat), a plant much abused for its stimulant properties. We have compared the potency of these two compounds ...
Anaemia in a patient population at a provincial hospital in Western Kenya
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1980-06)
Diverticular disease, carcinoma of the colon and diet in urban and rural Kenya Africans
(, 1980)
20 cases of diverticular disease and 12 cases of carcinoma of the colon have been demonstrated in 183 barium enemas in 1 year. These results, along with a dietary survey, show that diverticular disease can no longer be ...
Problems and approaches in the surveillance and control of sexually transmitted agents associated with pelvic inflammatory disease in Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 1980-12)
The problems in surveillance of sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Africa are numerous and are based mainly on socioeconomic barriers. Policies for controlling STD are either inadequate or nonexistent in many African ...
Infection after depressed fracture in the west of Scotland.
(1980)
Of 216 compound depressed fractures of the skull seen between the years 1974-1978, nine (4%) became infected. This is significantly less than the 10% found in previous years. Efforts are being intensified to train primary ...
Fanconi's anaemia; Chromosome breakage in a large African family
(1980-12)
A boy with Fanconi's anaemia (FA), his parents and nine living brothers and sisters were serially investigated during a period of 5 years. As the illness progressed the propositus showed high, successively increasing ...