Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Radiographic incidence of multicentric malignant gliomas.
(Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis, USA, 1999)BACKGROUND: Multicentric malignant gliomas are interesting yet uncommon clinical entities with an unknown rate of occurrence. METHODS: We reviewed the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) images of 100 ... -
Comparison of glycolysis in intact and digitonin-permeabilized bloodstream trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1983)Digitonin has been used to permeabilize bloodstream trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei. Such permeabilized parasites revealed a fully-functional glycolytic pathway which catabolized glucose and some phosphorylated ... -
Fitness and nutrition policy in developing nations: Kenya's example.
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Splenic aspiration. Review of the literature
(1983)We present a review of the literature on splenic aspiration. The history, techniques, indications, contra-indications and complications, as reported in the literature are reviewed. The value of splenic aspiration in clinical ... -
Current Perspectives In The Management Of Asthma
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1990) -
Nutrition and body build: a Kenyan review.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Physiology, 1993) -
Evaluation of five immunodiagnostic techniques in echinococcosis patients
(University of NairobiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, 1981)Double diffusion (DD), indirect haemagglutination (IHA), immunoelectrophoresis (IEP), latex agglutination (LA), and complement fixation (CF) tests were evaluated for sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of 141 ... -
The effect of inhibitors of glutamate transport on the pathway of glutamate oxidation in rat liver mitochondria
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1983) -
Fanconi's aplastic anaemia: a case report of an affected African child and a review of the literature
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1975)No abstract available. -
Indications for treatment of symptomatic atherosclerotic carotid artery disease.
(Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA., 2000)Although the incidence of stroke and stroke mortality have declined during the past few decades, stroke still ranks third as a cause of death and a primary cause of long-term disability in most industrialized societies. ... -
Trypanosoma brucei brucei: the catabolism of glycolytic intermediates by digitonin-permeabilized bloodstream trypomastigotes and some aspects of regulation of anaerobic glycolysis
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1988)1. The production of pyruvate, glycerol and glycerol-3-phosphate by intact and digitonin-permeabilized Trypanosoma brucei brucei has been studied with glucose or the glycolytic intermediates as substrates. 2. Under aerobic ... -
Cardiovascular responses to pulmonary artery catheterization
(Gilbert Bain Hospital, Lerwick, Shetland, UK, 2000)This study compares prospectively the cardiovascular and catecholamine responses to central venous and pulmonary artery catheterization before and after induction of general anaesthesia. Twenty patients for elective coronary ... -
Screening For Hypothyroidism In Elderly Inpatients
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1975)Routine biochemical screening for hypothyroidism in 2000 geriatric inpatients proved valuable and practicable and yielded 46 cases (2.3%). A non-specific clinical picture was particularly common, with less than a third of ... -
Paediatricians' contributions to medicine in the community
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1977)No abstract available. -
Malaria drug and vaccine trials in Africa: obstacles and opportunities
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 2008)There are several new treatments and vaccine technologies in clinical development for childhood malaria that have arrived in the clinical phase of evaluation during the past 5-10 years. This is a long-awaited change as ... -
A survey of aminotransferase activities in bloodstream Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Short communication
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1988) -
Normal lipid profile in Africans
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1979-03) -
Microcystic adenoma of the pancreas with myoepithelial cells. A hitherto undescribed morphologic feature.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1985-07)A case of microcystic adenoma (glycogen-rich cystadenoma) of the exocrine pancreas in a 62-year-old white female presenting with adult-onset diabetes mellitus is reported. Clinical, histopathologic, and ultrastructural ... -
Salivary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-specific immunoglobulin A in HIV-1-exposed infants in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya, 2008-07)Humoral immunity, and specifically immunoglobulin A (IgA) that is directed against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1, may contribute to protection against HIV-1 acquisition at mucosal surfaces. HIV-1-specific IgA has ...
