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Clinical profile of multiple amoebic liver abscesses
(1990)
Of 70 consecutive patients with amoebic liver abscess admitted over a 3 year period, 15 (21.4%) had multiple abscesses. This condition, like solitary abscess, was a disease of the 2nd to 5th decade with a male preponderance. ...
Low dose oral alpha-interferon therapy for patients seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1).
(University of Nairobi, 1990-06)
Thirty eight symptomatic and two asymptomatic patients seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) were treated with a natural human interferon alpha (HuIFN alpha). Patients were given 2 IU/kg HuIFN alpha ...
Estimation of parasitic infection dynamics when detectability is imperfect.
(University of Nairobi., 1990-10)
The simultaneous estimation of infection rate, cure rate and detectability of parasitic infections is considered. A new method for this estimation based on a simple statistical model assuming constant transition rates ...
The Average Human Tooth Lengths For Black Kenyan Population
(University of Nairobi, 1990-01)
Measurement of tooth lengths was carried out on 537 extracted human teeth. The teeth were collected from adults aged 17 years and above and preserved in formalin. The tooth lengths were obtained by taking measurements off ...
Partitioning of oxaminiquine into brain tissue following intravenous administration to female Wistar rats
(University of Nairobi., 1990)
Brain and plasma concentrations of oxaminiquine were determined following intravenous dosing (15 mg kg-1) in female Wistar rats. Maximum brain concentrations were achieved one hour after dosing and at all sampling times ...
A comparative study of the efficacy of plaque control by a chewing stick and a tooth brush
(1990)
The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of a chewing stick and a tooth brush in plaque control. The study composed of two groups of 11 and 8 children aged 13 to 16 years who were randomly selected from a ...
Practical Guide to Coagulation Tests
(1990)
Department of Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Forty two children with aplastic anaemia were seen at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, over a period of 8 years (1980-1988). These have ...
Occurrence And Characteristics Of Mandibular Fractures In Nairobi, Kenya.br J Oral Maxillofac Surg.
(University of Nairobi, 1990-06-28)
Analysis of 355 cases with fractures of the mandible indicated that 74.9% of the cases were due to interpersonal violence and 13.8% were caused by road traffic accidents. The men to women ratio was 8.4:1 and 75.5% of the ...