Background: A number of processes regulating the thrombolytic balance are impaired in diabetic patients as a result of dysfunction of endothelial cells leading to a hypercoagulative state. Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is an important marker of endothelial dysfunction. Plasminogen...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2019/v9i230097
Iron deficiency anaemia is the most common nutritional deficiency disorder in children and is worldwide in distribution. It is characterised by fatigue, weakness, pallor and koilonychias. Thus oral physician play an important role in diagnosis and thereby prevention of anaemia, a...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2019/v9i230096
Sherine Samir Barakat, Manal Abd Elsatar Elsorady, Mona Wagdy Ayad, Dalia Abd Elmoety Elneely & Fatma Mohamed Abd Elfatah·International Blood Research & Reviews·2019
Background: Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a malignancy that is heterogeneous in nature characterized by genetic abnormalities some of which are established in the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. An additional role for alterations in epigenetic mechanisms has been also...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2019/v9i230095
Background: The haemostatic changes that result in thrombophilia during the pregnant state have been linked to pregnancy loss. Objective: Assessment of Protein S, and Protein C assays in pregnancy loss victims in Abia State, South East, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: This was a...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2019/v9i230094
Leucocytosis, marked increase in the number of white blood cells (WBC) is a known physiological response to trauma. In recent times, several studies have asserted the absence of this response in Africans. In view of this, current study investigated the existence of, and prognosti...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2019/v9i130093
The congenital dyserythropoietic anaemias (CDA) are a rare group of inherited haematological disorders characterized by congenital anaemia, ineffective erythropoiesis in the bone marrow and dysplasia in developing erythroblasts. In Africa where sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemi...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2019/46976
Calcium level is an importance factor for control hypertension. This review tries to shade the light on the role of calcium in controlling blood pressure. Searching on the internet using the Google search engine was the main source of data as well as books was the method to expl...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2019/46453
This study evaluated the hepatoprotective potentials of ethanolic extract of Solanum melongena Linn fruit on monosodium glutamate-intoxicated rats and liver section histology using standard protocols. Twenty four Wistar rats that weighed 105.00 ± 7.00 g were divided into 6 groups...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2019/45935
The study describes a case of hyper-eosinophilia who was presented with overt manifestation of high eosinophil and detected to have underlying non Hodgkin lymphoma. The male patient was presented with profound weakness and multiple non itchy nodular skin lesion for 2 weeks. Biops...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2019/45392
Multiple Myeloma is a chronic disease. While therapy is largely focused for control, relapse is inevitable. Central nervous system relapse of myeloma is less common. Unilateral painless blindness is a rare entity and its occurrence in the setting of multiple myeloma has not been...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2018/45424
Background: Umbilical cord blood is whole human blood (60 to 80 ml) that remains in the placenta and umbilical cord after childbirth; generally considered as a medical waste. It is a rich source of stem cells, growth factor, cytokines, etc., and, can be collected, stored and util...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2018/45260
Background: Erythrocyte deformability is a major determinant of microcirculation in vivo. Although this concept was defined as filterability evaluated by flow-pressure curve constructed during a filtration process of erythrocyte suspension through a nickel mesh filter, the behavi...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2018/44667
Aim: Investigating and comparing the effect of administration of different preparations of the commonly-consumed Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn (Zobo) drinks on haematological parameters. Study Design: Comparative study using animal models (Wistar Albino Rats) with daily administration...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2018/26076
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive disorder that is characterised with chronic anaemia and painful crisis. SCD is associated with hypercoagulability or prothrombotic state that can predispose to thromboembolic complications with increasing morbidity a...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2018/43929
Huda Mohamed, Maha A. Swani, Majdeddin. I. Alaghib, Abdeljawad I. Abdeljawad, Murad Alkezza & Mohamed Alobaidy·International Blood Research & Reviews·2018
Background: Benzene is a toxic chemical and is a human carcinogenic. It is found in both the natural and industrial atmosphere. Its exposure can cause hematological health problems as a result of metabolite formation in the liver and bone marrow. The aim of this study is to eval...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2018/43266