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GalAactosaemia in black South African children
(Kenya Medical Association, 1999)
To evaluate the clinical and biochemical features of all black children confirmed to have galactosaemia from the KwaZulu Natal Province of South Africa.
Prolactin levels in South African women on injectable progestogen contraceptives
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 1999)
To demonstrate the effect of depot
medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and norethisterone
oenanthate (NET EN) on basal prolactin levels with a view to
investigating the role of progestogen-induced
hyperprolactinaemia ...
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 ...
Severe hyponatraemia in hospital inpatients
(BMJ Publishing Group, 1978-12-09)
Prevalence of khat chewers among primary health clinic attenders in Kenya
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1987-03)
In a rural district hospital in Kenya, the authors screened 100 randomly selected outpatients for khat (miraa) chewing. A surprisingly high number of them admitted chewing khat leaves. The implications of this finding and ...
Alcohol use among khat (Catha) chewers in Kenya
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1987-01)
Among one hundred randomly selected outpatients at the Meru District Hospital in Kenya, 29 (28 men and 1 woman) were Khat chewers. Six of these were ‘heavy’ and 23 ‘moderate’ users. Twenty out of 29 Khat chewers also used ...
Alcohol use among khat (Catha) chewers in Kenya
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1987-01)
Among one hundred randomly selected outpatients at the Meru District Hospital in Kenya, 29 (28 men and 1 woman) were Khat chewers. Six of these were ‘heavy’ and 23 ‘moderate’ users. Twenty out of 29 Khat chewers also used ...
The effect of l-thyroxine on the anaemia response in Trypanosoma congolense infected rabbits
(Elsevier, 1995-06-01)
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 (T 4) and 3, ...
Epstein‐Barr virus in Hodgkin's disease: frequency of a 30‐bp deletion in the latent membrane protein (LMP‐1) oncogene in South African patients
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999-08-20)
In recent years, substantial evidence has accumulated implicating Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the pathogenesis of Hodgkin’s disease (HD) and some non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (Pallesen et al., 1993; Weiss et al., 1989). It has ...
Paediatric rhabdomyosarcoma: MyoD1 demonstration in routinely processed tissue sections using wet heat pretreatment (pressure cooking) for antigen retrieval.
(Journal of clinical pathology, 1997-01-01)
AIMS: To investigate wet heat pretreatment (pressure cooking) as a means of antigen retrieval for demonstration of MyoD1 in paraffin wax embedded tissue. METHODS: Routinely processed tissue sections of transmission electron ...