Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Mineral content of traditional leafy vegetables from western Kenya.Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2007 Dec;58(8):595-602.
(University of Nairobi, 2007)No Abstract Available -
Filarial-specific antibody response in East African bancroftian filariasis: effects of host infection, clinical disease, and filarial endemicity.
(University of Nairobi, 2006)The effect of host infection, chronic clinical disease, and transmission intensity on the patterns of specific antibody responses in Bancroftian filariasis was assessed by analyzing specific IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, and IgE ... -
Acceptability of human immunodeficiency virus testing in patients with invasive cervical cancer in Kenya.Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2006 Mar-Apr;16(2):681-5
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Invasive cervical cancer (ICC) is common in areas where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is also prevalent. Currently, HIV seroprevalence as well as acceptability of HIV testing in ICC patients in Kenya is unknown. The ... -
Glomerular disease in Kenya - Another look at the disease characterised by Nephrotic Proteinuria
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HIV impact on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control following radiotherapy for cervical cancer.
(University of Nairobi, 2006)OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of HIV infection on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control following external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for cervical cancer. METHOD: 218 patients receiving EBRT who also had ... -
Persistent microcytosis and its association to the recovery of anaemia after kidney transplantation
(University of Nairobi,School of Medicine, 1995-02)Persistent microcytosis was noted among a number of post renal transplant patients attending the transplant clinic at the Western General Hospital Edinburgh. We retrospectively looked at the pattern of recovery of the ... -
Geophagy among pregnant and lactating women in Bondo District, western Kenya. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Dec;98(12):734-41
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Bancroftian filariasis in 12 villages in Kwale district, Coast province, Kenya - variation in clinical and parasitological patterns. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2004 Dec;98(8):801-15.
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Morphometric analysis of the cerebral cortex in the developing baboon
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human anatomy, 2004)Morphometric analysis of the wall of the cerebral cortex in 49- and 50-day old baboon foetuses was carried out using formalin-fixed stratified serial sections of the heads. Four zones -medial, superior, lateral and ... -
Microbial infections in the twenty first century: a continuous challenge.East Afr Med J. 2003 Aug;80(8):393-4.
(University of Nairobi, 2003)No Abstract Available -
Concurrent renal cell adenocarcinoma and colonic
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Regression and Simulation Models for Human and Baboon Brain Parameters
(Department of Human anatomy, 2011)The variations in morphometric parameter of mammalian brains may be influenced by process of functional complexity, evolution and adaptation. Comparative analysis of linear measurements of cerebrum in the human and baboon ... -
Schistosomiasis control in the community. East Afr Med J. 1996 Aug;73(8):493-4
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Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. III. Quantification of the IgE response in selected individuals from an endemic community.Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1995 Jun;89(3):287-95.
(University of Nairobi, 1995)One hundred and sixty-two individuals from a community in Kwale District, Kenya, endemic for bancroftian filariasis, were selected for a study on the IgE response to filarial antigen (prepared from adult Brugia pahangi). ... -
Salicylate poisoning in children: report of three cases
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2004)To raise clinicians' awareness of chronic (therapeutic) salicylate poisoning as a common cause of admission in paediatric patients presenting to hospital with respiratory distress (a clinical manifestation of metabolic ... -
Comparative analysis of selected linear measurements of human and baboon brains
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human anatomy, 2007)The morphometric parameters of the brains of several mammals and primates show differences that are likely to be associated with cognitive and other functions necessary for survival as well as evolution. Seven human and ... -
Pattern of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2004)Objective: To highlight the pattern of patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder with regards to age, sex, ethnic origin and histopathological classification. Design: A ten year retrospective ... -
Patterns of upper gastrointestinal diseases based on endoscopy in the period 1998-2001
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2005)Upper gastrointestinal complaints are common in Kenya. Though these have remained unchanged over the last 20 years, the pattern of upper gastrointestinal disease on endoscopic examination seems to be changing. There appears ... -
Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. I. Clinical and parasitological survey in an endemic community. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1994 Apr;88(2):145-51.
(University of Nairobi, 1994)No Abstract Available -
Protozoan infections and HIV-1 infection: a review. East Afr Med J. 1992 Jul;69(7):373-7
(University of Nairobi, 1992)No Abstract Available
