Richard K. D. Ephraim, Ruth C. Brenyah, Festus B. Osei, Enoch O. Anto, Anthony L. Basing & Kwame O. Darkwah·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Background: Nephrotic syndrome is a common childhood renal disease globally with a penchant for the early years of life and has generated a lot of interest among paediatricians and nephrologists. Aim: This study aimed to determine the clinical, therapeutic and socio-demographic f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/33270
Background: Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is useful in the diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma. Aims: Our study sought to establish possible effect of age and BMI on serum PSA levels in Ghanaian men with genitourinary complaints. Methods: In this non-randomized, cross-sectiona...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7569
Aims: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU’s) pose socio-economic challenges and are a major cause of hospital admissions and morbidity often causing suffering and poor quality of life for diabetics especially in developing world. The aim of this study was to determine the bacterial profile...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6054
Rebecca Peniel Storph, Frank N. Ghartey, Richard K. D. Ephraim, Enoch Mensah, Martin Mornah, Linda Ahenkorah-Fondjo, David L. Simpong, Charlotte Addai, Bright Kobena Segu Domson, Joseph Benjamin Baidoo & Patrick Adu·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2019
Background: People with primary invasive breast cancer receive both local (surgery and radiation therapy) and systemic treatment (chemotherapy and hormonal therapy). However, there are substantial short-and long-term side effects from chemotherapy as documented in several studies...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2019/v9i230104
Background: Intestinal parasitosis remains a major public health burden in developing countries such as Ghana. The burden of disease is heaviest among vulnerable populations and yet epidemiologic data from these populations are limited. Objectives: The present study aimed at asse...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18026
Background: Pregnancy causes remarkable and dramatic changes in hematological variables which have an impact on pregnancy and its outcome. Objective: This descriptive longitudinal study examined maternal hematological parameters during pregnancy and its effect on pregnancy outcom...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/33380
Objective: This study investigated chronic kidney disease (CKD) and urine abnormalities in highly active antiretroviral therapy naïve (HAART-naïve) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected adults, presenting to two antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinics in the Volta region of Gh...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/32355
Patrick Adu, Isaac Dogfobaare, Prosper Kuuzie, Kwame Osei Darkwah, Benjamin Twum & Richard K. D. Ephraim·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2017
Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus are prone to infections as a result of impaired immune status as a consequence of hyperglycemia. Previous studies addressing the relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and diabetes mellitus have yielded conflicti...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/31952
Introduction: Comorbidities among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) increases with disease severity. This may be attributed to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) toxicity and HIV/AIDS-related infections. Aim: We investigated the presence of comorbidities among PLWHA...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v29i830108