Richard Peter Akpan

An Integrated Haemolysis–Inflammation–Haemostasis Signature across Clinical States of Sickle Cell Anaemia: A Comparative Biomarker Study

Oluwaseyi Adeteju Adeyanju, Richard Peter Akpan, Mitchelle Akanbi, Adetunji Oladapo Adewale, Adebukola Temilade Adeyanju & Olusegun Taiwo Oke · International Blood Research & Reviews · 2026

Background: Sickle cell anaemia involves interconnected haemolytic, inflammatory, and haemostatic disturbances that may persist beyond overt crisis. Aims: To compare a combined five-parameter profile—lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), C-reactive protein (CRP), prothrombin time (PT), in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ibrr/2026/v17i4404

Chronic Haemolytic–inflammatory Activation Persists beyond Clinical Crisis in Adults with Sickle Cell Anaemia: A Comparative Cross-sectional Study

Adeyanju Oluwaseyi Adeteju, Festus Olatubosun Amusan, Beatrice Ebun Adesina, Richard Peter Akpan, Akanbi Mitchelle, Adewale Adetunji Oladapo, Adeyanju Adebukola Temilade & Olusegun Taiwo Oke · International Journal of Research and Reports in Hematology · 2026

Background: Sickle cell anaemia is characterised by chronic haemolysis and inflammation. Whether these processes persist during clinically stable periods or are mainly associated with painful crises remains unclear in the local literature. Objective: To compare lactate dehydrogen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijr2h/2026/v9i2242