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Idiopathic Hyperaldosteronism In A Dog.
(University Of Nairobi, 1985-10)
Idiopathic hyperaldosteronism was diagnosed in an 8-year-old castrated male Yorkshire Terrier, based on increased concentration of plasma aldosterone, hypertension, hypernatremia, decreased natriuresis, hypokalemia, and ...
Primary carcinoma of the prostate in Nigerians as seen at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital
(1985)
A prospective study of serial serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations was made on 21 patients who had received renal allografts. CRP was raised during 27 of 32 rejection episodes and in all of five episodes of rejection ...
Delta agent superinfection. Rapidly progressive liver disease in a hepatitis B virus carrier
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
Abstract
We report a case of rapidly progressive chronic active hepatitis (CAH) following acute delta infection in a previously asymptomatic hepatitis B virus carrier. Serologic evidence of delta superinfection coincided ...
Immunity after treatment of human schistosomiasis mansoni. II. Identification of resistant individuals, and analysis of their immune responses.
(1985)
Intensities of re-infection were monitored at three-monthly intervals after treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infections in a group of 119 Kenyan schoolchildren, whose levels of water contact were also observed. 22 children ...
Blood pressure patterns in relation to age, weight and urinary electrolytes in three Kenyan communities.
(1985)
The blood pressure patterns of three Kenyan communities have been studied: 861 members of the Luo tribe in a rural community, 281 members of the Kamba tribe in a rural community and 310 "urban" Luo living in Nairobi. The ...
Morphologic and immunohistochemical features of fulminant delta hepatitis
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
Recent studies have indicated that some cases of fulminant hepatitis that were ostensibly type B were actually acute viral hepatitis, types B and delta, or persistent hepatitis, type B with superimposed acute delta infection. ...
Electrocardiographic changes during treatment of leishmaniasis with pentavalent antimony (sodium stibogluconate).
(1985)
Serial electrocardiograms (ECGs) were obtained during 65 courses of sodium stibogluconate treatment in 59 Kenyan patients with leishmaniasis (56 visceral and 3 cutaneous). ECG abnormalities developed during 54% of the ...
Regression of splenomegaly and hepatomegaly in children treated for Schistosoma haematobium infection
(1985)
During a study in Kenya of the relationships between Schistosoma haematobium infection and anemia and growth, evidence was found to suggest that this infection was associated with splenomegaly in children, and that both ...
Effects Of Fasciculin 2, An Anticholinesterase Polypeptide From Green Mamba Venom, On Neuromuscular Transmission In Mouse Diaphragm Preparations Neurosci.
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
Fasciculin 2, a polypeptide from green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps) venom, causes an increase in the twitch response of mouse phrenic nerve-hemidiaphragm preparations to indirect stimulation. Intracellular recording ...
Breastfeeding Versus Infant Formula: The Kenyan Case.
(University of Nairobi, 1985-02)
PIP:
An Infant Feeding Practices Study (IFPS) in 1982 in Kenya, which included a cross-sectional survey of a weighted sample of 980 low and middle income Nairobi mothers who had given birth in the previous 18 months, ...