Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Mutations in SECISBP2 result in abnormal thyroid hormone metabolism.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, 2005-11)Incorporation of selenocysteine (Sec), through recoding of the UGA stop codon, creates a unique class of proteins. Mice lacking tRNA(Sec) die in utero, but the in vivo role of other components involved in selenoprotein ... -
Neuromuscular, cardiac and smooth muscle effects of whole venom of Naja mossambica pallida
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Case management and quality assurance to improve care of inner-city children with asthma
(Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, BaltimoreCollege of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1988)Case management and quality assurance techniques were used in a program designed to improve the process and outcomes of care for inner-city children with asthma. The program had three major elements: assessment of the care ... -
The heterogeneity of gamma chain of foetal haemoglobin in African newborn babies in Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1985-12) -
Accuracy of contrast-enhanced MDCT and MRI for identifying the severity and cause of neural foraminal stenosis in cervical radiculopathy: a prospective study.
(Department of Radiology, Indiana University Medical Center, University Hospital 0279, and Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, 550 N University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA., 2010)OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of IV contrast-enhanced MDCT and MRI for evaluation of the severity and cause of neural foraminal stenosis in patients with cervical radiculopathy. SUBJECTS ... -
An Age Related Point Prevalence Study Of Markers Of Hepatitis B Virus Infection In Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1986) -
Control parameters in diabetes mellitus
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1979)No abstract available. -
Obesity: what lies beneath?
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 2002) -
Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of patients with cerebral stroke, brain trauma, and neurologic disease
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2005-11)Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy has been used to treat patients with numerous disorders, including stroke. This treatment has been shown to decrease cerebral edema, normalize water content in the brain, decrease the severity ... -
Elbow injuries seen at Kenyatta National Hospital in 1974: incidence and observations concerning their management
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The Neurological Outcome Scale for Traumatic Brain Injury (NOS-TBI): I. Construct validity
(Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Alliance of Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas-Houston Medical School, and the Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA, 2010)The Neurological Outcome Scale for Traumatic Brain Injury (NOS-TBI) is a measure adapted from the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), and is intended to capture essential neurological deficits impacting ... -
Breast-feeding and Transmission of HIV-1.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medicine, University of Washington, USADepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya, 2004-02)Breast-feeding substantially increases the risk of HIV-1 transmission from mother to child, and although peripartum antiretroviral therapy prophylaxis significantly decreases the risk of mother-to-child transmission around ... -
Clinical, haematological and parasitological response to treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya. A study of 64 patients
(1984)Sixty four Kenyan patients with visceral leishmaniasis were treated with sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) (40 patients) or various combinations of Pentostam and allopurinol (24 patients). Three patients, initially considered ... -
Cushing's syndrome in Africans
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1980)No abstract available. -
Centrally acting hypotensive fraction in the venom of Dendroaspis angusticeps
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Genetic alterations of the retinoblastoma-related gene RB2/p130 identify different pathogenetic mechanisms in and among Burkitt's lymphoma subtypes.
(University of Nairobi,Institute of Normal and Pathologic Cytomorphology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bologna, Italy.Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2000-03)Alterations of cell cycle-associated genes probably contribute to the pathogenesis of Burkitt's Lymphoma (BL), in addition to c-myc translocation. Mutations disrupting the nuclear localization signal of the retinoblastoma-related ... -
Management of neglected posterior dislocations of the elbow
(College of Health Sciences, 1978-07) -
Glutathione levels and the activities of glutathione reductase and glyoxalase in a liver undergoing active mitosis.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1974) -
Computerized tomographic measurement of the cervical pedicles diameter in a Malaysian population and the feasibility for transpedicular fixation.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiDepartment of Orthopaedics, School of Medical Science USM, Kelantan, Malaysia., 2006-04)STUDY DESIGN: The cervical pedicle diameter size differs between Asians and non-Asians. The authors studied the transverse pedicle diameter of the C2-C7 of the cervical spine in a Malaysian population using computerized ... -
Persistent hepatitis A infection: case report.
(Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, P.O. Box 30270-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)Hepatitis A viral infection resolves completely within six months in all patients infected. The case presented is a rare one that took fifteen months to resolve from hepatitis A viral infection
