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Is Pseudomembranous Colitis Infectious?
(University of Nairobi, 1981-02)
A cluster of eight patients in two adjacent hospital wards acquired acute diarrhoea within a period of 11 days. All their stool samples contained Clostridium difficile toxin and C. difficile was isolated in every case. ...
Structural evidence for insertion of collagen fibres to smooth muscle cells in the carotid arterial system of the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis).
(1981)
Previous anatomical studies have failed to resolve the question relating to whether or not collagen fibers, like elastic fibres, are attached to smooth muscle cells in the arterial wall. The current ultrastructural study ...
Salivary zinc as an index of zinc status in women fed a low-zinc diet.
(1981)
The effect of a low-zinc diet on saliva and plasma levels was studied in 12 healthy young women. A diet low in zinc (3.2 mg/day) was fed to the subjects for 22 days. Subjects were determined to be in satisfactory zinc ...
FOLIE A DEUX' (A case report from Kenya)
(, 1981-01)
The author presents the first case report of folie a deux from Saharan Africa. The clinical presentation of this disorder in Africa does not significantly differ from those reported elsewhere. But cultural factors like ...
The effect of chronic childhood malnutrition on growth and gonadotropin excretion during puberty
(University of Nairobi, 1981)
There is little information available in man regarding gonadal vs. hypothalamic-pituitary contributions to malnutrition-related delayed puberty. To investigate this question, a cross-sectional study was made of 342 rural ...
Hyperuricaemia In Essential Hypertension as Seen At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 1981)
308 patients with esseantial hypertension have been followed up for 6 months .ie Nov. 1979 - April 1980. 40 of these were knewly diagnosed. The
incidence of hyperuricaemia in the non-hypertensive population attending the ...
Pharmacogenetics of drug metabolizing enzymes in the luo, kikuyu and maasai ethinic populations of Kenya
(1981)
There is great heterogeneity in the way individuals and populations respond to medications in terms of both host toxicity and efficacy. It is now well recognized that genetic differences in drug metabolism and disposition ...
Attempts to coordinate the work of traditional and modern doctors in Nairobi in 1980
(1981)
This brief report of an ongoing official effort to coordinate medical pluralism speaks directly to the issues of this section: the application of cultural analysis to medical practice and planning.
A histological study of the lower tarsus and the significance in the surgical management of a involutional (senile) entropion
(University of Nairobi., 1981-05)
The dimension of the lower tarsus diminishes with aging. Changes in the number and size of the meibomian glands and in the character of intermingling fibroconnective tissues are thought to be responsible. Furthermore, such ...
Acute transverse myelopathy complicating tetanus.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1981-07)
A 12-year-old boy presented with typical features of short incubation tetanus. Spastic paraparesis with a mid-thoracic sensory level was present from the time of the initial examination. X-rays of the spine and lumbar ...