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The Kenya haemoglobin.
(East African medical journal, 1974)
Haemoglobin Kenya is (at present) a rare haemoglobin variant, found so far only in the Luo tribe in Kenya. It came to light by its chance association with the Hb S trait, a situation giving rise to an unexpectedly high ...
The effect of α-thalassemia on the level of hybrid hemoglobin variants in heterozygotes
(Taylor & Francis, 1986-01-01)
The influence of a relative deficiency in α chain production on the amount of Hemoglobins Kenya, P-Nilotic, and Lepore was determined. The level of these hybrid hemoglobins in heterozygotes was correlated to various states ...
Haplotypes and α globin gene analyses in sickle cell anaemia patients from Kenya
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1987-02)
Over 60 patients from the Luo and Luhya tribes of Western Kenya, aged 1–23 years. with severe sickle cell anaemia were evaluated through haematological and gene mapping analyses. Nearly all (56 of 58 tested) were homozygous ...
Hemoglobin Kenya, the product of a gamma-beta fusion gene: studies of the family.
(Elsevier, 1973-09)
Recently, we reported the discovery of a new hemoglobin variant, Hb Kenya, in a
26-year-old Kenyan of the Nilotic Luo tribe [1]. Chemical characterization of the
non-a chain of this hemoglobin showed that the amino ...
Changes in plasma HDL-cholesterol in women using oral contraceptives in Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1987)
125 black Kenyan women attending the Kenyatta National Family Welfare Clinic were randomly allocated to combined and fixed dose oral contraceptives (Eugynon: 500 mcg dl-norgestrel + 50 mcg ethinyl estradiol or Microgynon: ...
Severe hyponatraemia in hospital inpatients
(BMJ Publishing Group, 1978-12-09)
Reading Literacy in Relation to Patterns of Academic Achievement.
(1995)
How is reading literacy related to academic achievement among 14 year old students in
Kenya? This was the main issue in focus for the present study. The International Evaluation
and Educational Assessment Association ...
valuation for resistance to the spotted stem borer, Chilo Partellus, in a maize (zea mays L.) population. Maize Production Technology for the Future: Challenges and Opportunities. Proceedings of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Maize Conference, 6; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); 21-25 Sep 1998.
(Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico DF (Mexico)., 1999)
AGenetic variability and predicted responses to S2 and testcross selection methods were studied in an open-pollinated variety resistant to the spotted stem borer,(Chilo partellus Swinhoe). Evaluation after one cycle of ...
Severity of Alternaria Leaf Spot and Seed Infection by Alternaria sesami (Kawamura) Mohanty and Behera, as Affected by Plant Age of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1999-07-01)
Alternaria leaf spot incited by Alternaria sesami , was monitored to determine the effect of plant age on disease severity and seed infection by A. sesami in plots containing sesame accession SPS SIK 110 plants of five ...
Effect of plant age on sesame infection by Alternaria leaf spot
(African Crop Science Society (Uganda), 1999)
The effect of plant growth of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) on development of seed infection by Alternaria leaf spot, and seed infection by Alternaria sesami, was monitored in plants of sesame accession SPS SIK 110. Increase ...