Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel and highly contagious viral infection caused by Sars-cov-2 and has been associated with a hyper-inflammatory immune response. This study aimed to evaluate changes in some inflammatory cytokines as clinical biomarkers to aid in the ef...
Introduction: "Ambiguous lineage acute leukemias" including biphenotypic acute leukemia are subtypes of acute leukemia (AL) generally representing less than 5% of all acute leukemias. We report a case of biphenotypic acute leukemia (T and B) diagnosed in the clinical hematology d...
Abraham Akinbola, Joyce Olufemi-Aworinde, Kola Owonikoko, Afolabi Salawu, Taiwo Oloyede, Samson Ojedokun, Rafiat Kareem, Mobolaji Agunbiade-Olu, Ibukun Akinbola & Hannah Olawumi·International Journal of Research and Reports in Hematology·2023
Background: The risk of venous thromboembolic events (VTE) is high during pregnancy due to both physiologic changes in pregnancy and the impact of inherited and acquired thrombophilia. Protein S (PS), Protein C (PC) and Antithrombin III (ATIII) deficiencies have been found in som...
Background: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a condition where the body lacks enough hemoglobin or red blood cells, and is the leading global cause of anemia. It affects 40-50% of students in impoverished and emerging nations, compared to 6-20% in affluent nations. The main causes...
Background: Malaria is an acute febrile illness caused by Plasmodium parasites. Malaria was one of the major problems in Sudan, recently the emergence of malaria in Northern Darfur lead to the outbreak in the 2018 and 2019 high morbidity and mortality, the host parasites interact...
Introduction: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a clonal disease of the hematopoietic tissue characterized by abnormal proliferation of myeloid lineage progenitor cells, resulting in insufficient generation of normal mature blood cells. Bone pain is often present at the diagnosis o...
Platelets are small, anuclear blood cells derived from megakaryocytes in the bone marrow. Their role is to stop bleeding (haemostasis) during haemorrhage and are also used as part of cancer treatment. Hence, the importance and demand for platelet concentrates (PCs) should never b...
The use of medicinal plants to resolve many ailments especially inflammatory diseases is gaining global attention. Bryophyllum pinnatum(Crassulaceae) called ‘Oda-opue’ in Igbo, ‘Eru-odundun in Yoruba and ‘Abomoda’ in Hausa languages is one of the plants widely used as food and me...
Background: The most prevalent dietary-related anemia, iron deficiency anemia (IDA), is a significant global public health issue. IDA causes micro thrombosis because iron inhibits megakaryopoiesis. Thrombocytosis is improved with iron therapy. Objective: The aim is to evaluate th...
Kofi Mensah, Charles Nkansah, Samuel K. Appiah, Juliana Barnie, Doris T. Timbilla, Samira Daud, Dorcas Serwaa, Felix Osei-Boakye, Charles A. Derigubah, Simon B. Bani & Gabriel Abbam·International Journal of Research and Reports in Hematology·2022
Aim: To assess the predictive values of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and mean platelet volume (MPV) for pre-eclampsia in pregnancy. Study Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Obstetrics and Gynecolo...