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Severe hyponatraemia in hospital inpatients
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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: ... -
Characterization of chromosomes with hybrid genes for Hb Lepore-Washington, Hb Lepore-Baltimore, Hb P-Nilotic, and Hb Kenya
(Springer-Verlag, 1987-09-01)This study concerns the characterization of chromosomes with hybrid genes for Hb Lepore-Washington (44 chromosomes), for Hb Lepore-Baltimore (5 chromosomes), for Hb P-Nilotic (8 chromosomes), and for Hb Kenya (7 chromosomes) ... -
beta S-haplotypes and alpha-thalassemia along the coastal belt of Kenya.
(East African medical journal, 1989)In this paper, we present data on studies of beta S-haplotypes and alpha-thalassemia gene in subjects from the indigenous population of the Coast Province of Kenya Of the 7SS patients studied, four were homozygous for beta ... -
Maternal levels of alpha-fetoprotein in African women.
(East African medical journal, 1991-08)In a prospective and cross-sectional study, 147 serum samples from normal antenatal indigenous Kenyan women were analysed for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) concentrations between 8 and 28 weeks gestation. There was progressive ... -
External quality control performance in clinical chemistry: experience in Kenya.
(East African medical journal, 1993)Analysis of eleven biochemical laboratory tests was done during an International External Quality Assessment Scheme (IEQAS) in which the clinical chemistry laboratory at Kenyatta National Hospital participated. Technicon ... -
Reference intervals for some biochemical parameters in the aged Kenyan population.
(East African Medical Journal,, 1994)Serum levels for sodium, potassium, calcium, inorganic phosphate, urea nitrogen and creatinine were determined in 1101 male and 181 female patients aged 50 years and above. The determinations were carried out on the SMA ... -
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 ... -
Point mutation (C446S) in the thyroid hormone receptor β gene in a black South African kindred with thyroid hormone resistance syndrome
(1999)Sauf mention contraire ci-dessus, le contenu de cette notice bibliographique peut être utilisé dans le cadre d’une licence CC BY 4.0 Inist-CNRS/Unless otherwise stated above, the content of this bibliographic record may ... -
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. -
Biochemical and molecular diagnosis of glutaric aciduria type 1 in a black South African male child: case report
(East African medical journal, 2001)Glutaric aciduria type I (GA-1) is an inborn error of metabolism caused by a deficiency of the mitochondrial enzyme glutaryl-Co enzyme A dehydrogenase. GA-1 is not uncommon amongst Caucasians but to the best of our knowledge, ... -
Leptin and pre-eclampsia in black African parturients
(Elsevier, 2002-11-01)To measure serum concentrations of the hormone leptin during late pregnancy in Black African women with pre-eclampsia, healthy normotensive pregnant women as controls and healthy normotensive non-pregnant women; secondly, ... -
The effect of different apo (a) isoforms on plasminogen activation in black South African subjects: cardiovascular topics
(Clinics Cardive Publishing, 2003-05-01)The present study evaluates the effect of different apolipoprotein (a)[apo (a)] isoforms on plasminogen activation. -
Serum cystatin C for assessment of glomerular filtration rate in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
(Taylor & Francis, 2004-01-01)Assessment of renal function is important in the evaluation of the pregnant hypertensive patient. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic utility of cystatin C as a marker of glomerular filtration rate in ... -
The accuracy of urine dipsticks as a screening test for proteinuria in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
(Taylor & Francis, 2005-01-01)Proteinuria is used as a criterion in the classification system for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy including preeclampsia. The aim of the study was to evaluate the accuracy of dipstick urinalysis in a single voided ... -
The effect of abdominal obesity on insulin sensitivity and serum lipid and cytokine concentrations in African women
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2006-05)Studies have shown clear associations of abdominal obesity with lipid and glucose metabolism and cytokine levels in a number of different population groups. However, no such studies have been performed in an African ...