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Autor:
M. O. O. Ibidapo, O. O. Akinyanju
Publikováno v:
Clinical & Laboratory Haematology. 22:151-155
The pattern of acute illness was determined in 102 adolescents and adults with sickle cell anaemia who presented to the emergency unit of a Lagos hospital. The patients had a mean age of 20.5 years (SD 13.1) and a male-female ratio of 1.5. The sympto
Publikováno v:
Prenatal Diagnosis. 19:299-304
We introduced prenatal diagnosis of SCD in Nigeria in order to meet a rising demand. Our approach and experience are documented as a guide to others in countries with similar problems. A cost-recovery fee charged only to sustain the service predictab
Application of polymerase chain reaction to the prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell anaemia in Nigeria
Autor:
T A, Adewole, Y A, Olukosi, F, Disu, J A, Akinde, E, Emuveyan, E, Adesemoye, O O, Akinyanju, O A, Afonja
Publikováno v:
West African journal of medicine. 18(3)
Although sickle-cell disease is very common in Nigeria, control by prenatal testing is lacking. The polymerase chain reaction-based technology combined with chorionic villi sampling has enabled us to offer prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell disease to
Publikováno v:
Prenatal diagnosis. 19(4)
We introduced prenatal diagnosis of SCD in Nigeria in order to meet a rising demand. Our approach and experience are documented as a guide to others in countries with similar problems. A cost-recovery fee charged only to sustain the service predictab
Autor:
C C, Okany, O O, Akinyanju
Publikováno v:
African journal of medicine and medical sciences. 22(2)
The influence of socio-economic status on morbidity was studied in 122 unselected consecutive patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in steady state. They included 65 females and 57 males, divided into three social classes (I, II and III, from
Autor:
O O, Akinyanju, C C, Okany
Publikováno v:
Clinical and laboratory haematology. 14(1)
Ten cases of pernicious anaemia seen over a 15-year period (1973-1988) in a Lagos hospital are presented. Their ages ranged from 34 to 67 with a mean of 53.6 years. Females outnumbered males 6 to 4. Complications seen include gastric carcinoma, myelo
Publikováno v:
Postgraduate Medical Journal. 66:949-950
Summary A 32 year old man with alcohol-induced pain over a right submandibular swelling is described. Excision biopsy of this swelling revealed chronic sialadenitis and the symptoms promptly ceased following this excision. We speculate on the possibl
Publikováno v:
British Journal of Haematology. 60:515-524
Immunoreactive erythropoietin was estimated in the sera of 23 Nigerian children with protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) and 14 healthy Nigerian children of similar age attending a well baby clinic. The geometric mean estimate for this parameter was 26
Publikováno v:
Clinical & Laboratory Haematology. 10:135-147
Bone marrow aspirates from four children with kwashiorkor and three with marasmus were studied using the techniques of electron microscopy and combined Feulgen microspectrophotometry and 3H-thymidine autoradiography. The majority of the erythroblasts
Autor:
O. O. Akinyanju, G. T. A. Ijaduola
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 101:467-470
A study of the effect of tonsillectomy on the frequency of sickle cell pain crises was carried out on 15 patients with sickle cell disease (Hb SS) who presented with complaints of frequent pain crises and were found to have chronic tonsillitis. They