Beauty Eruchi Echonwere-uwikor, Fred Kpane Uwikor, Orokwu Eziaku Chukuigwe-Igbere, Priya Homa Chukwu & Gift Ogechi Worlu·International Blood Research & Reviews·2022
Background: Pregnancy is the fertilization and development of an embryo or fetus in a woman's uterus. It is a critical stage of development during which maternal nutrition can strongly influence obstetric and neonatal outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2022/v13i130165
Maintenance of hemostasis is enabled by the presence of nonnucleated blood cell type known as platelets, produced by the cellular fragments of megakaryocytes. Platelet count below <150,000×103/mm3 can pave way for the occurrence of thrombocytopenia. Occurrence of thrombocytope...
Sickle cell disease is a systemic vasculopathy in which intravascular haemolysis, endothelial activation, leukocyte and platelet recruitment, and coagulation activation operate as a single self-reinforcing process now commonly described as thromboinflammation. Most of the mechani...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2026/v17i4399
This case-control study investigated the effects of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on coagulation parameters in a cohort of 102 individuals, revealing a significant increase in activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) among vaccinated individuals (34.233±0.653 seconds vs 28...
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Research Article10.9734/ijr2h/2025/v8i1171
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the imperative of effective vaccination strategies, and the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been extensively deployed globally, including in Nigeria. However, the haematological effects of this vaccine in the Nigerian population remain poorl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijr2h/2025/v8i1170