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Relationship between nutrition and development in Kenyan toddlers
(1989)
The relationship between mild to moderate malnutrition, as measured by food intake and anthropometric status, and developmental outcome was explored in 110 Kenyan toddlers. Developmental outcome was assessed at 30 months ...
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in Zimbabweans--preliminary observations
(University of Nairobi, 1989-03)
Twenty three Zimbabwean African patients who satisfied the French-American-British(FAB) diagnostic criteria for the myelodysplastic syndromes(MDS) at Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, between July ...
Isolation of Chlamydia Trachomatis from fallopian tubes of healthy women undergoing tubal sterilisation by minlaparotomy in Kenya.
(1989)
A prospective study of 47 healthy women undergoing tubal sterilisation for contraception was undertaken to find out the rate of isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis from fallopian tubes of these individuals. Chlamydia ...
Glioblastoma multiform in a dermoid cyst of the ovary.
(1989)
Malignant transformation is reported in less than 2% of benign cystic teratomas. Although all the elements can undergo this transformation, it is most often seen in squamous epithelium. The malignancy of neural elements ...
The Significance Of 'Dry Tap' Bone Marrow Aspirations In Zimbabweans.
(University of Nairobi, 1989-07)
Of the 2880 bone marrow examinations performed in a 3-year period in patients with diverse haematological and oncological disorders, 116(4%) patients exhibited 'dry tap' on routine marrow aspiration. However, when the ...
Suppression of T-cell proliferative response in Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients - preliminary results
(University of Nairobi, 1989)
Suppression of T-cell proliferative responses to P. falciparum specific antigen and mitogens is reported. T-cells derived from malaria patients were co-cultured with P. falciparum antigen or mitogens and the T-cell activity ...
Gastric acid secretion pattern in patients with benign gastric ulcer:
(1989-02)
Basal and stimulated (maximal and peak) gastric acid secretion pattern was determined in the Kenyan Africans with (a) benign gastric ulcer, (b) benign gastric and duodenal ulcer and (c) normal controls. There was no ...
Comparison of Sheffield media with standard media for the isolation of Haemophilus ducreyi
(1989)
Isolation of Haemophilus ducreyi is the only method for the definitive diagnosis of chancroid. Culture on supplemented gonococcal base (GCHgs) or on supplemented Muller-Hinton agar (MHHb) has yielded the best isolation ...
A study of the efficacy and safety of albendazole (Zentel) in the treatment of intestinal helmenthiasis in Kenyan children less than 2 years of age
(1989)
One hundred children comprising of 57 males and 43 females aged between 8 and 24 months entered the study. 46 children had single and 54 children had multiple helminth infections. All children received albendazole 200 mg ...
The occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts in faecal samples submitted for routine examination at Kenyatta National Hospital
(1989)
One hundred and thirty-three loose or diarrhoeic stool specimens from patients admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital were examined for cryptosporidiosis. Oocysts were detected in 5(3.8%) of the total in which Cryptosporidium ...