Simon Bannison Bani, Lawrence Quaye, Peter Paul M. Dapare, Yussif Adams, Moses Banyeh, Barnabas B. N. Gandau, Charles Nkansah, Kofi Mensah, Samuel Kwasi Appiah, Kingsley Boakye, Sandra J. Rogers & Fathea Bani·International Journal of Research and Reports in Hematology·2022
Aims: This study assessed and compared the haemoglobin concentration and red cell morphological changes in stored blood units at the Tamale Teaching Hospital located in the Northern Region of Ghana. Methods: This is experimental research conducted from November, 2019 to June, 202...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) infection is one of the emerging infections that has ravaged the world. The hypercoagulable status reported in severe malaria infection, which implicates the involvement of platelets, has also been reported in COVID-19 infection. This study was carried...
Platelets are small anucleate cell fragments found in the blood, which originate from large cells known as megakaryocytes. Platelets are widely used in transfusion medicine for therapeutic purposes. Platelet transfusions are beneficial for patients who are experiencing thrombocyt...
Estella Tembe-Fokunang, Marceline Djuidje Nganoue, Vanessa Edwige Tchadji Mayoudom, Frederick Kechia Aghem, Ngo Sack Françoise, Toukam Michel, Tayou Tagny Claude, Ngum Samuel, Marie Jose Essi, Dora Mbanya, Marie Therese Abena Obama Ondoua & Charles Ntungwen Fokunang·International Journal of Research and Reports in Hematology·2022
The blood disease called aplastic anaemia (AA) isconsidered a rare blood condition known to be in some occasion to be a public health concern, as a life-threatening health accounting for the major causes of bone marrow failure. AA may provoke bone marrow hypoplasia or aplasia in...
Introduction: Cytopathologists are frequently confronted with lymphocyte-rich effusions, and definite decision of reactive lymphocytosis or indolent lymphoma may be extremely difficult based on microscopy alone, where small proportions of malignant cells can be detected by flow c...
Diabetes mellitus has over the years become a public health challenge and a complex disease characterized by chronic hyperglycemia that results in microvascular and macrovascular complications. The present study was designed to determine alteration in haemostatic parameters in...
Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) is a novel disease that is ravaging society today. It has been reported that individuals with some blood group antigens are more predisposed or susceptible to certain diseases. This study was carried out to determine the distribution of some blood grou...
Hepatitis B virus infection is a potential life-threatening liver infection caused by hepatitis B virus capable of causing chronic infection and puts people at high risk of death from cirrhosis and liver cancer. This study was a comparative cross sectional study carried out on 26...
Background: High malaria burden has led to the increase use of insecticides in the tropics and subtropics. This study thus aimed at assessing the effect of insecticides inhalation on haemorrheological parameters using experimental animal model. Materials and Methods: Sixteen adul...
Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia (AIHA) is not very uncommon in childhood and mainly caused by the presence of auto-antibodies directed against antigens on the surface of red blood cells, leading to premature destruction of the cells. Many children are hospitalized every year due to...