Peripheral neuropathy in aid's patients at Kenyatta National Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 538-540

  Mbuya, S O ^a   Kwasa, T O ^b   Amayo, E O ^b   Kioy, P G ^b   Bhatt, S M ^b  

^a Nyeri Provincial General Hospital   (Kenya)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; KENYA; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HIV INFECTIONS; KENYA; MEASUREMENT; NEUROLOGIC EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0030433451     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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