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Why has the dihydrofolate reductase 164 mutation not consistently been found in Africa yet?
(2005)
Resistance to the antifolate sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP), the current mass-treatment antimalarial drug, is associated with selection of point mutations in dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase. Among these ...
Comparison between Gram stain and culture for the characterization of vaginal microflora: definition of a distinct grade that resembles grade I microflora and revised categorization of grade I microflora.
(University of Nairobi., 2005-10)
BACKGROUND:
The microbiological diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis is usually made using Nugent's criteria, a useful but rather laborious scoring system based on counting bacterial cell types on Gram stained slides of vaginal ...
.Hodgkin's lymphoma in the 1990s: a Kenyatta National Hospital experience.East Afr Med J. 2005 Feb;82(2):59-65.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
OBJECTIVE:
To re-evaluate clinico-pathologic categorisation of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma, treatments offered and their appropriateness, and outcome of this disease at Kenyatta National Hospital in the ...
Outcome following emergency surgery for refractory severe ulcerative colitis in a tertiary care centre in India.
(2005)
BACKGROUND: Steroid-based intensive medical therapy for severe ulcerative colitis is successful in 60-70% of such patients. Patients with complications or those refractory to medical therapy require emergency colectomy for ...
Diabetic ketoacidosis: clinical presentation and precipitating factors at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. East Afr Med J. 2005 Dec;82(12 Suppl):S191-6
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
To determine the clinico-laboratory features and precipitating factors of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
DESIGN:
Prospective cross-sectional study.
SETTING:
Inpatient medical and ...
Prevalence of HCV and HIV/HCV co-infection among volunteer blood donors and VCT clients.East Afr Med J. 2005 Apr;82(4):166-9.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Prevalence of HCV and HIV/HCV co-infection among volunteer blood donors and VCT clients.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the prevalence of HCV infection and HCV/HIV co-infection among voluntary blood donors at the ...
Tumor Suppressor Activity And Epigenetic Inactivation Of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator Inhibitor Type 2/SPINT2 In Papillary And Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.
(2005-06)
Following treatment with a demethylating agent, 5 of 11 renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cell lines showed increased expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) activator inhibitor type 2 (HAI-2/SPINT2/Bikunin), a Kunitz-type ...
Vitamin E-based therapy is effective in ameliorating transaminasemia in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(2005)
BACKGROUND: Comparative trials of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), vitamin E and weight management programs among patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are lacking. AIM: To find an effective single agent or ...
Predictive value of arterial ammonia for complications and outcome in acute liver failure
(2005)
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: In acute liver failure (ALF), the brain is exposed to high levels of ammonia. Human studies defining the clinical significance of ammonia in ALF are lacking. This prospective study evaluated the ...
Patterns of homocysteine in Kenyans with type 2 diabetes without overt cardiovascular disease at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2005-12)
BACKGROUND: Increased total homocysteine (tHcy) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The measurement of tHcy in blood is therefore of potential great importance especially in patients with type 2 ...