Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Endometriosis in African women.
(University of Nairobi,Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases, 2007)Endometriosis is a gynecological disorder characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Although the prevalence of endometriosis is well documented in women living in developed countries, ... -
Retrospective Review of Patients Operated on with Bilateral Cleft Lip through Surgical Outreaches in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Surgery, 2013-02)This was a study to evaluate the characteristics and outcome of patients operated on with bilateral cleft lip through surgical outreach programs in Kenya between January 2006 and December 2011. Files for fifty-nine patients ... -
Use of combined paracetamol and low dose ketamine in pain control during change of dressings in burn patients
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2011)Objective: To determine the effectiveness of Paracetamol and low dose Ketamine in controlling burn pain during dressings. Setting: The burns ward of Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, a 750 bed capacity tertiary centre ... -
Gynaecomastia: Management with Liposuction and Glandular Excision
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2013)Gynaecomastia is caused by an increase in ductal tissue, stroma and fat in the male breast. Frequently it occurs at the time of hormonal changes during infancy, adolescence and old age. Galen, introduced the term gynaecomastia ... -
The Role of Traditional Medicine in the treatment of Infertility
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The Practice of Male Circumcision in Central Kenya and its Implications for the Transmission and Prevention of STD/HIV
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Natural Family Planning: Its role in Enhancing Harmony between spouses
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Superficial spreading malignant melanoma with neurosarcomatous metastasis
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Pathology, 1986)A case of neurosarcomatous nodal metastasis of superficial spreading malignant melanoma, without primary site desmoplasia or sarcomatous changes, is reported. Of particular interest regarding the metastasis are: the ... -
Pyramidal neurones in pathological human motor cortex express nitric oxide synthase
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Patholog, 1996-07-19)The enzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPH diaphorase) is widely used as a sensitive marker for indicating the presence of nitric oxide synthase in neurones. Pyramidal neurones in the healthy ... -
Genital levels of innate immune factors with HIV inhibitory activity: Association with genital infections and increased HIV acquisition
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Molecular Characterization of a Novel Plasmid-Encoded Cefotaximase (CTX-M-12) Found in Clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates from Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Department of Paediatric & Microbiology, 2001)Nine Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, six from blood and three from cerebrospinal fluid of newborn babies at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, were analyzed for the mechanism of cephalosporin resistance. By using ... -
Impact of insecticide-treated bed nets on malaria transmission indices on the south coast of Kenya.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2011-12)BACKGROUND: Besides significantly reducing malaria vector densities, prolonged usage of bed nets has been linked to decline of Anopheles gambiae s.s. relative to Anopheles arabiensis, changes in host feeding preference ... -
Distribution patterns and cercarial shedding of Bulinus nasutus and other snails in the Msambweni area, Coast Province, Kenya.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2004-04)In the Msambweni area of the Kwale District in Kenya, an area endemic for Schistosoma haematobium, potential intermediate-host snails were systematically surveyed in water bodies associated with human contact that were ... -
Adolescent Sexuality In Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1991)Adolescent sexuality has become a major problem all over the world. This review paper describes the main problems encountered in Kenya with regards to adolescent sexuality. The role of the Government and some non-governmental ... -
The purification of nitrate reductase of Achromobacter fischeri.
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Properties and kinetics and purified brain hexokinase.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1968-05) -
Cardiovascular features in adolescents and adults with sickle cell anaemia.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1995-07)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 ... -
The pKa of the general acid/base carboxyl group of a glycosidase cycles during catalysis: a 13C-NMR study of bacillus circulans xylanase.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1996-08)The 20 kDa xylanase from Bacillus circulans carries out hydrolysis of xylan via a two-step mechanism involving a covalent glycosyl-enzyme intermediate. In this double-displacement reaction, Glu78 functions as a nucleophile ... -
Interaction of soluble cellooligosaccharides with the N-terminal cellulose-binding domain of Cellulomonas fimi CenC 2. NMR and ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1996-11)The N-terminal cellulose-binding domain (CBDN1) from Cellulomonas fimi beta-1,4-glucanase CenC binds amorphous but not crystalline cellulose. To investigate the structural and thermodynamic bases of cellulose binding, NMR ... -
Structure of the N-terminal cellulose-binding domain of Cellulomonas fimi CenC determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1996)Multidimensional heteronuclear nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to determine the tertiary structure of the 152 amino acid N-terminal cellulose-binding domain from Cellulomonas fimi 1,4-beta-glucanase ...