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Fatty acid composition of seed kernel oil of calodendrum capense (lf) thunb.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983)
Seed kernels ofCalodendrum capense (L.f.) Thunb. yielded 60% of a light yellow oil which had the following fatty acid composition: 23.8% palmitic, 4.5% stearic, 33.7% oleic, 35.6% linoleic, 1.4% linolenic and 1.0% arachidic. ...
Ocular tumors in Africa.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983)
This paper is an analysis of 470 cases of oculo-orbital tumors in Kenya. The present series is compared with the major works conducted in other African and Western countries. We refer to age, sex and geographic characteristics ...
Gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina with hyperornithinemia in an African family].
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983)
The authors report on a Kenyan family in which 4 of the 5 siblings were suffering from gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina with hyperornithinemia. All the affected members of the family had myopia, hemeralopia, loss ...
Bilateral and unilateral mesodermal corneal metaplasia.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983-05)
We report on 2 infants, one with a bilateral and the other with a unilateral corneal metaplasia. The first case with bilateral corneal metaplasia showed shortening of both upper and lower lids with formation of symblephara. ...
Metabolism of cathinone to d-norpseudoephedrine in humans.
(1983)
Cathinone, a potent psychostimulant isolated from young shoots of Catha edulis was given to four human volunteers. Examination of urine collected from the volunteers at predetermined intervals showed the presence of unchanged ...
The role of traditional medicine in Ophthalmology in Kenya
(Pargamon Press Ltd, 1983)
45 Kenyan traditional healers were interviewed with respect to the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases. Traditional management of eye diseases is based on the healers' concept of the disease causation as well as their ...
Anomalies in the radiation output of a new x-ray tube
(1983)
Cavity ionization methods have been employed to show that the amOUI1l of X-radiation produced by a newly installed x-ray tube was grossly reduced. Qualitative information based on the techniques of radiological photography ...
Prevalence and causes of vision loss in southern Sudan.
(1983)
Blindness in Southern Sudan is thought to be highly prevalent due to the high prevalence of onchocerciasis and trachoma. In addition, socioeconomic development in the area has been low and growth slow. Communities in the ...
The frequency of psychiatric disorders among patients attending semi-urban and rural general out-patient clinics in Kenya.
(1983-04)
The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity (PM) was studied among general hospital out-patients in a rural and in a semi-urban area of Kenya. There were no significant differences in the demographic features of psychiatric ...
Microbiology of vaginal discharge in Nairobi, Kenya.
(1983)
Among women attending a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic in Nairobi with vaginal discharge, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis were isolated from the cervix in 32 (26%) of 122 and four (7%) of 58 women ...