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Evaluation and surgical treatment of solitary thyroid nodules.
(, 1995)
This is a prospective study based on 146 consecutive thyroidectomies over a two year period (July 1990 to June 1992). All patients with solitary thyroid nodules which were suspicious or equivocal on fine needle aspiration ...
Does shortening matter after clavicular fractures?
(1999)
Healing of clavicular fractures with shortening of 15 mm or more has been associated with poor function and open reduction and internal fixation has been recommended as the appropriate initial treatment. We studied 41 ...
Factors that determine utilization of modern contraceptives in East, Central and southern Africa
(1996)
A cross-sectional study to determine modern contraceptives utilization among women aged between 15 and 19 years was performed between September and October, 1991 in 5 countries of East Central and Southern Africa. The study ...
Cerebral malaria -- its management.
(1994)
Cerebral malaria is the main cause of death in severe Plasmodium falciparum infection and is one of the most important medical emergencies. No conclusive theory exists on the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria, although it ...
Antibody responses to in vitro translation products following albendazole therapy for Echinococcus granulosus.
(1991)
Immunoprecipitation of antigens translated in vitro from Echinococcus granulosus RNA revealed that albendazole treatment of human hydatidosis induced antibodies to previously undetectable antigens and that the response to ...
New foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Kenya and the Rift Valley
(1993)
Active case detection and investigations of sandfly resting places in suspected transmission sites of cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Kenya and the Rift Valley resulted in the identification of several foci of the disease ...
Problems of indwelling Foley catheters
(1994)
One hundred patients undergoing urinary bladder catheterization for various reasons were studied. 42 patients received Sewoon catheters of various sizes. 38 received Eschmann catheters of various sizes and 20 received Bard ...
Higher resistance to Plasmodium falciparum infection in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in western Kenya.
(1997)
Sickle haemoglobin (HbS) is considered to be protective against malaria. Malaria is fatal in homozygous sickle cell (HbSS) disease. In a cross-sectional survey by alkaline. Hb-electrophoresis of 766 residents of Western ...
Subtypes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Disease Stage among Women in Nairobi, Kenya
(1999)
In sub-Saharan Africa, where the effects of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) have been most devastating, there are multiple subtypes of this virus. The distribution of different subtypes within African populations ...
Upper gastrointestinal mucosal lesions in dyspeptic patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in Kenya.
(1998)
A case controlled study comprising 51 patients with homozygous sickle cell (HbSS) disease who complained of dyspepsia and 41 age and sex matched non-HbSS control dyspeptic patients was carried out, to look at upper ...