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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 ...
Detection of putative adduct with fluorescence characteristics identical to 2,3-dihydro-2-(7'-guanyl)-3-hydroxyaflatoxin B1 in human urine collected in Murang'a district, Kenya.
(Oxford Journals, 1983)
Food samples collected in Murang'a district, Kenya are known to be contaminated with a mycotoxin, aflatoxin B1 (AFB), and a positive correlation exists between the dietary intake of AFB and the incidence of liver cancer. ...
Hallucinations in Kenyan schizophrenic patients.
(1983-03)
Eighty Kenyan 'psychotic' patients were screened using the New Haven Schizophrenic Index (NHSI) and were all studied for hallucinations using standardised definitions. Fifty-one of the patients were NHSI positive and the ...
Spontaneous occurrence of leptomonads in human bone marrow aspirate - case report.
(University of Nairobi, 1983-04)