Increasing consumption of traditional medicinal plants to manage medical conditions in recent times is driven by the belief that herbal products are generally safe and efficient. This has been proven wrong as several patients have come down with side effects of some of these herb...
Objective: Studies proved that storing whole blood overnight at 4°C resulted in a decrease in the activity of coagulation factor FVIII, without significant loss of activity of coagulation factors FV or fibrinogen. This study is conducted to compare the activity of labile factors...
Nahla A. M. Hamed, Dalia A. Nafea, Essam A. Abdel-Mohsen, Omar M. Ghalab & Abdel-Salam A. Adam·Asian Hematology Research Journal·2019
Despite improvement in transplantation techniques and supportive care, graft versus host disease (GVHD) remains a major cause of post-transplant morbidity and mortality. Advances in immunosuppressive regimens have reduced the incidence and severity of acute GVHD; with no such imp...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive loss in renal function over a period of time. The kidney chiefly secretes erythropoietin (EPO) which is a glycoprotein hormone that acts on the bone marrow cells resulting in red blood cell formation. Anaemia is a major complication i...
Introduction: Spontaneous pregnancy loss is a common occurrence. Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is defined as two or more failed clinical pregnancies as documented by ultrasonography or histopathologic examination before 20 weeks gestation. Ectopic, molar, and biochemical pregnan...
Newcastle disease (ND) is a severe and fatal disease of poultry caused by Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV). The disease is of economic and public health importance and has been a threat to the growth of poultry industry. A hundred and twenty day-old broiler chickens were procured fr...
Aims: This study aimed at assessing haemoglobin (Hb) types of couples, their knowledge of Hb types at the time of union and outcome on offspring. Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in Abi local government area...
Soualio Kamagate, Mathieu Nahounou Bleyere, Baudouin Angoua Kokore, Jean-baptiste N’Guessan Oussou & Paul Angoué Yapo·Asian Hematology Research Journal·2019
Introduction: HIV has a significant effect on iron metabolism in women of childbearing age in developing countries. The purpose of this study is to identify in this population layer, the type of HIV truly responsible for changes in iron metabolism. Materials and Methods: Thus, 39...
Funmilayo Stella Oluwafemi, Ayodeji Akinwande Fasoro, Adebanji Modupe Akingbade, Charles Oluwafemi Faeji, Ignatius Olawale Oni, Toluwani Agunbiade, Adebanke Adeorite Agboola & Emmanuel J. Akele·Asian Hematology Research Journal·2019
Anemia remains a major risk factor for unfavorable outcome of pregnancy both for the mother and the fetus. It is the world’s second leading cause of disability and one of the most serious global public health problems among children and pregnant women. Its diagnosis remains a cha...
Aim: This study was aimed at evaluating various effects of falciparum malaria on haematological parameters in malaria infected patients. Study Design: Hospital based cross-sectional study. Place and duration of Study: The study was conducted in Specialist Hospital, Sokoto Metr...
Introduction: The determination of the amount of hemoglobin in reticulocytes provides a more real-time assessment of the iron status of the bone marrow. Ret-He, the iron molecule found in reticulocytes, unlike most biochemical markers is not affected by inflammation. Hence its de...
Background: World Health Organization statistics identify 150 million people with diabetes mellitus worldwide and suggest that this figure may double by 2025. Aim: This research was conducted to determine the status of some haematological parameters and free radicals among diabet...
David Ntiamoah Ofosu, Otchere Addai-Mensah, Lillian Antwi-Boateng, Kwabena Anane & Eddie-Williams Owiredu·Asian Hematology Research Journal·2019
Prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) are used to assess blood coagulation disorders. Use of reference intervals from a different population may result in misinterpretation and misdiagnoses as the reference intervals for the two tests vary from on...
The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), or sedimentation rate (sed rate), is a measure of the settling of red blood cells in a tube of blood during one hour. The rate is an indication of inflammation and increases in many diseases. Westergreen method is routinely used determina...
Objective: To study the VCS pattern in patients with malaria and compare it with patients having fever who were negative for malarial parasite (P. falciparum, vivax, malariae and ovale) and normal individuals and to determine whether a further adaptation of the discriminant facto...