Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Isolation And Properties Of 600-kda And 23-kda Haemolymph Proteins From The Tsetse Fly, Glossina Morsitans: Their Possible Role As Biological Insecticides
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1992)The haemolymph of the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans, contains a high (lipophorin) and a low molecular weight protein of high densities, 1.11 and 1.29 g/ml, respectively. The purification of the proteins was ... -
Respiratory activity of isolated liver Mitochondria following Trypanosoma congolense infection in rabbits: the role of thyroxine.
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1993)1. The effect of trypanosome infection on rabbit liver mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation was investigated, with and without thyroxine replacement. 2. State 3 respiration, respiratory control ratio (RCR) and ADP/O ... -
Migraine headaches in a group of medical students at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medicine, 1996-09)A survey was carried out on 711 medical students from both the medical school and the Kenya Medical Training Centre on headaches using a closed ended questionnaire. Six hundred and twenty five (88%) of the students reported ... -
Altered 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine thyroxine ratio in experimentally induced kwashiorkor and obesity in rats.
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairob, 1995)The plasma triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) ratios have been evaluated in kwashiorkor and diet-induced obese weaned rats. The concentrations of T3 and T4 were determined in plasma by radio-immunoassay. A significant ... -
Hospital services for patients with acute stroke in the United Kingdom: the Stroke Association Survey of consultant opinion.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medicine, 1995-11)A national postal survey of all UK hospital consultant geriatricians, general physicians and neurologists was performed in 1992/3 in order to describe the provision of hospital stroke services in the United Kingdom and to ... -
The effect of L-thyroxine on the anaemia response in Trypanosoma congolense infected rabbits.
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1995)The development of anaemia is a major pathological manifestation in chronic trypanosomosis. The anaemia in African trypanosomosis coincides with a marked decrease in plasma concentration of both thyroxine (T4) and 3,5,3' ... -
Retinoic Acid Treatment Alters The Pattern Of Retinoic Acid Receptor Beta Expression In The Embryonic Chick Limb
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A histological study of the lower tarsus and the significance in the surgical management of a involutional (senile) entropion
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medicine, 1981-05)The dimension of the lower tarsus diminishes with aging. Changes in the number and size of the meibomian glands and in the character of intermingling fibroconnective tissues are thought to be responsible. Furthermore, such ... -
Thyroid status and adenosine triphosphatase activity in experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection in rabbits
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1996)The effect of trypanosome infection on the plasma levels and ratios of tri-iodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) as well as the activity of mitochondrial adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) were investigated. Three groups ... -
Epilepsy; The Forgotten Disease
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Enzymes of glucose and glycerol catabolism in in vitro-propagated Theileria parva schizonts.
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi,, 1999)Theileria parva schizonts propagated in vitro in peripheral blood lymphocytes were purified and assayed for key enzymes of glucose and glycerol catabolism and the citric acid cycle. The activities of glycolytic enzymes ... -
Epilepsy; Knowledge, Beliefs And Attitudes In Kenya.
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Acrodermatitis enteropathica: case report and review of the literature
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1985-12)Not Available -
Maternal mortality-Kenyatta National Hospital 1972-1977.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1980)No abstract available. -
Renal Duplication Anomaly As Seen At The Kenyatta National Hospital
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Lipophorin From The Tsetse Fly, Glossina Morsitans Morsitans
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1991)Lipophorin was isolated from the haemolymph of adult tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans, by ultracentrifugation in a potassium bromide density gradient. 2. The tsetse fly lipophorin (Mr congruent to 600,000) has a ... -
Vasectomy: preliminary report on 25 cases.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1989)Preliminary data on 25 men who underwent vasectomy for contraception between June 1986 and May 1988 at the Marie Stopes Clinic--Nairobi is presented. The majority (76.0%) of the subjects were aged between 25 and 39 years. ... -
Medico-social and socio-demographic factors associated with maternal mortality at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1991)To identify the most significant determinants of maternal mortality in Kenya, a prospective study involving 49,335 deliveries occurring at Kenyatta National Hospital from January 1978-87 was conducted. There were 156 ... -
Morphometry Of The Weak Areas Of The Inguinal Region In Relation To Prosthesis Hernirrhaphy
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy, 2008)
