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Migration-induced changes in blood pressure: a controlled longitudinal study.
(1985)
A longitudinal study of the effects of migration on blood pressure and related factors is being carried out in members of a black Kenyan population who migrate from a traditional rural community to an urban environment. ...
Investigation of the effectiveness of measles vaccination in children in Kenya.
(1985)
Laboratory studies were performed on 128 children clinically diagnosed as measles when seen at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital (IDH), Nairobi (86 cases) and the Rural Health Training Centre, ...
Determinants of blood pressure changes due to urbanization: a longitudinal study
(1985)
Changes in blood pressure (BP) and associated factors which occur on migration from a rural to an urban environment are under observation in a longitudinal study. Blood pressures, heart rate (HR), urinary electrolytes, ...
Incidental Carcinoma in Surgically Resected Prostate in Nigerians
(1985)
A histological analysis of 306 prostates resected for benign hyperplasia at the Lagos
University Teachinq Hospital revealed incidental carcinoma in 10.46% -by routine sectioning technique _ Carcinoma in situ of the prostate ...
TENSION-BAND WIRING OF OLECRANON FRACTURES
(1985)
Fractures of the olecranon may be caused in two ways (Benjamin 1976):
1 by a sudden violent contraction of the triceps, as when attempting to preserve balance after a fall on the outstretched hand. This usually causes ...
Visceral leishmaniasis unresponsive to antimonial drugs. II. Response to high dosage sodium stibogluconate or prolonged treatment with pentamidine.
(1985)
Ten Kenyan patients with visceral leishmaniasis unresponsive to sodium stibogluconate, at a dose of 16 to 20 mg Sb/kg body-weight/day given for 30 to 98 days, were treated with 20 mg Sb/kg bw given every eight hours. This ...
Cross-cultural study of religious phenomenology in psychiatric in-patients
(1985-07)
Case notes of patients from nine different cultural groups admitted to a London hospital were scrutinized for religious background and religious phenomenology. With the exception of preaching behaviour there were no ...
Isolation of erythromycins and related substances from fermentation residues of strepto.'i1yces erythreus by high-performance liquid chromatography on silica gel
(1985)
Preparative high-performance liquid chromatography on silica gel allows the isolation of erythromycins and related substances from mother-liquor concentrates. Three mobile phases were used consecutively: A, ethyl ...
Biliary tract dilatation without jaundice demonstrated by ultrasound.
(1985-03)
Upper abdominal ultrasonic examination demonstrated dilated bile ducts in eight patients with no history of jaundice and a normal serum bilirubin. All were proven subsequently to have extrahepatic biliary obstruction. It ...
Detection Of Serum Hbv-dna By Molecular Hybridisation. Correlation With Hbeag/anti-hbe Status, Racial Origin, Liver Histology And Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
(University Of Nairobi, 1985)
The relationship of the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in serum, a measure of HBV-replication, to HBeAg/anti-HBe status has been examined. In Northern Europe, there is a strong positive correlation between the ...