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Prevalence of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in patients classified as rheumatoid and undifferentiated arthritis at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis(RA) is a debilitating condition.Early diagnosis of RA can be difficult as the disease may initially be indistinguishable from Undifferentiated arthritis(UA). American College of Rheumatology ...
Prevalence of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in patients classified as rheumatoid and undifferentiated arthritis at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Background: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a debilitating condition. Early diagnosis of RA can be difficult as the disease may initially be indistinguishable from Undifferentiated Arthritis (UA). American College of Rheumatology ...
Agenesis of the corpus callosum with associated inter-hemispheric cyst and right frontal pachygyria presenting with psychiatric symptoms in a Kenyan Citation:
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
This case report presents a 26 year old man who had a history of childhood onset seizures, mild cognitive slowing and social withdrawal. He gradually developed symptoms of depression and attempted suicide once. He presented ...
Renal vein and intracaval invasion by an adrenal phaeochromocytoma with extension Into the right atrium: a case study
(1996)
A 30 year old female with an unexpected right adrenal phaechromacytoma invading the renal vein, the inferior vena cava and extending into the right atrium is presented. She also had BuddChiari syndrome due to invasion of ...
Autonomic nervous function in patients with chronic renal failure at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(1994)
Autonomic nervous function was assessed in twenty two patients (16 males and 6 females) with chronic renal failure on conservative management. The presenting symptoms were postural dizziness in 10(45%), impotence in 4(18%) ...
Herpes zoster myelitis: report of two cases
(2002)
Two male patients aged 40 and 45 years with HIV infection and paraplegia are presented. The two had sub-acute onset paraplegia with a sensory level, which developed 10 days after herpes zoster dermatomal rash. They both ...
Autonomic dysfunction in patients with chronic renal failure
(1994-04)
Autonomic nervous function was assessed in twenty two patients (16 males and 6 females) with chronic renal failure on conservative management. The presenting symptoms were postural dizziness in 10(45%), impotence in 4(18%) ...
Headache associated disability in medical students at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.East Afr Med J. 2002 Oct;79(10):519-23.
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
OBJECTIVE:
To study headache associated disability in a group of medical students at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
STUDY DESIGN:
Cross sectional survey.
RESULTS:
Between October 1994 and January 1995 we conducted ...
Transient focal neurological deficits in patients with hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
A case of hypoglycaemia and three cases of hyperglycaemia presenting with focal neurological deficits are presented. The focal presentations were hemiparesis and focal convulsion that returned to normal upon correction of ...