Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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African programme: kenya.
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Trachoma control using the who adopted "safe with azithromycin".
(Community Eye Health Training, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2007)OBJECTIVE: To report on and share the experiences, accomplishments and lessons learnt by African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), Sight Savers International (SSI), University of Nairobi (UON) and the Ministry ... -
Genome-wide association study identifies 12 new susceptibility loci for primary biliary cirrhosis
(College of Health Sciences, 2011)In addition to the HLA locus, six genetic risk factors for primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) have been identified in recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS). To identify additional loci, we carried out a GWAS using ... -
Cheilitis glandularis progressing to squamous cell carcinoma in an hiv-infected patient: case report.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2007-12)Cheilitis glandularis (CG), is a rare inflammatory minor salivary gland disease affecting the lower lip. The hallmarks of which include progressive enlargement and eversion of the lower labial mucosa resulting in the ... -
The pattern of hearing disorders in HIV positive patients on anti-retrovirals at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2010)OBJECTIVES: To determine if patients on Anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) develop hearing impairment. DESIGN: The comprehensive care clinic (CCC), Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi. SETTING: Case controlled ... -
Salivary Antimicrobial Peptides As Potential Biomarkers Of Periodontal Disease
(University of NairobiSchool of Dental Sciences, 2010-07)Objectives: Using SELDI-TOF-MS we have previously identified putative salivary biomarkers of periodontitis. Some of these identified peaks were predicted to be antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), specifically alpha defensins ... -
Local perceptions of intermittent screening and treatment for malaria in school children on the south coast of Kenya.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2012)BACKGROUND: The intermittent screening and treatment (IST) of school children for malaria is one possible intervention strategy that could help reduce the burden of malaria among school children. Future implementation ... -
Challenges for consent and community engagement in the conduct of cluster randomized trial among school children in low income settings: experiences from Kenya.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2013)BACKGROUND: There are a number of practical and ethical issues raised in school-based health research, particularly those related to obtaining consent from parents and assent from children. One approach to developing, ... -
Aflatoxicosis: health implications.
(University of Nairobischool of public health, 2005-06)No abstract available -
Task shifting in HIV clinics, Western Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, 2010-07)BACKGROUND: United states Agency for International development-Academic Model for Providing Accesses to Healthcare (USAID-AMPATH) cares for over 80,000 HIV-infected patients. Express care (EC) model addresses challenges ... -
Social-demographic characteristics of patients with periodontitis visiting Unviersity of Nairobi dental hospital.
(University of NairobiSchool of Dental Sciences, 2004)Background: Periodontitis is a disease that affects a majority of the population worldwide. Information available on periodontitis from different studies is contradicting with some studies showing increased prevalence in ... -
Periodontal Disease Treatment Seeking Behaviour at Nairobi University Dental Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Dental Sciences, 2005)Periodontal disease is any oral disease affecting the periodontium. Injury to it results in undesirable tooth loss. It is also one of the two most common causes of tooth mortality. It is a painless condition and it progresses ... -
Liver cysts in patients with autosomal dominant polysystic kidney disease.
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A Critique of the USMLE clinical skills examination. ,
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2005) -
General theoretical description of N-body recombination.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2009)Formulas for the cross section and event rate constant describing recombination of N particles are derived in terms of general S-matrix elements. Our result immediately yields the generalized Wigner threshold scaling for ... -
Current utility of emergency laparoscopy.
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Interspecies variation of compressive biomechanical properties of the meniscus.
(Faculty of Medicine, 1995)Various animal models have been used to investigate the normal and reparative properties of the knee meniscus. Yet, only limited data on meniscal biomechanical properties of various animals are available. It was therefore ... -
Evaluating the complexation behavior and regeneration of boron selective glucaminium-based ionic liquids when used as extraction solvents.
(Faculty of Medicine, 2012-08)Glucaminium-based ionic liquids are a new class of solvents capable of extracting boron-species from water with high efficiency. The complexation behavior of these ILs with borate was thoroughly studied using (11)B NMR. ... -
Observer variability of an angiographic grading scale used for the assessment of intracranial aneurysms treated with flow-diverting stents.
(School of Medicine, 2013)Abstract Novel angiographic grading scales for the assessment of intracranial aneurysms treated with flow-diverting stents have been recently developed because previous angiographic grading scales cannot be applied to ...