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Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease (The Stigmas of Sore Throat)
(1979)
The prevention of acute rheumatic fever by penicillin therapy of acute streptococcal respiratory infections was attempted in this study. Procaine penicillin G in oil containing 2 per cent aluminum monostearate was injected ...
Community-acquired bacterial infections and their susceptibility in Nairobi
(1977)
To monitor clinically significant isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibilities, all specimens sent to microbiology laboratory of the Kenyatta National Hospital were cultured on appropriate media. The susceptibility ...
The kinetics of salivary elimination of cyclophosphamide in man.
(1979)
The concentrations of cyclophosphamide in plasma and saliva were determined in seven patients following administration of single doses of cyclophosphamide during chemotherapy for lymphoma. 2 The saliva/plasma ratio was ...
Haemoglobin J nyanza: α21 (B2) Ala-Asp
(University of Nairobi, 1973)
In a family belonging to the Luo community of Western Kenya a new haemoglobin variant was identified which was not causing any obvious haematological disorder.
The coagulation and fibrinolytic properties of peritoneal and venous blood in patients with ruptured ectopic pregnancy
(University of Nairobi, 1973)
The coagulation and fibrinolytic properties of peritoneal and venous blood were studied in ten African patients with ruptured ectopic pregnancy. The peritoneal blood showed marked depletion of coagulation factors and the ...
Clonal Origin of Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia
(University of Nairobi, 1973-08)
BONE-marrow cells from the majority of patients with chronic myelocytic leukemia have a specific and characteristic aberration of chromosome 22, called the Philadelphia (Ph1) chromosome.1 This abnormality, which may be ...
Protein-calorie malnutrition: a study of red blood cell and serum enzymes during and after crisis.
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
Studies were with 12 children, 0.5 to 4 years old, with kwashiorkor and given milk, eggs, sugar and vitamins. Dietary treatment increased to normal the initial low values of glutathione-NADPH reductase, glutathione peroxidase, ...
Mitochondrial oxidation rates and enzyme activities in the liver and brain of vitamin B12-deficient baboons
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Brain and liver samples were taken from 7 adult male Papio anubis after 32 months on a vitamin B-12 deficient diet of starch, sucrose, heated soya bean meal, cellulose, maize oil, mineral and vitamin supplements and ...
Tryptophan metabolism in baboons: effect of riboflavin and pyridoxine deficiency
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Adult male baboons were given an adequate artificial diet to appetite or the same diet without riboflavin or pyridoxine; a further group were pair-fed with those on the deficient diets. In baboons deprived of pyridoxine ...
Serum and liver lipids in normal baboons: effect of different carbohydrate diets.
(University of Nairobi, 1974)
Measurements were made on male baboons of 5 to 11 kg given for 9 months a natural diet, a sucrose diet, or a starch diet. In baboons on the natural diet total serum lipid was 458, triglycerides 55, total cholesterol 86.3, ...