To report and review a case of prolactin-producing pituitary tumor presenting with mass effects, hormonal deficiency, and neurogenic diabetes insipidus in a nulliparous woman of Afro-Caribbean descent. The patient presented with dull-aching headaches associated with worsening vis...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2023/v24i5957
Adedeji Okikiade, Twanna Browne-Caesar, Olayinka Afolayan-Oloye, Rasheed Agboola & Kevin Browne·Advances in Research·2023
Calciphylaxis, also known as calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA), affects small arteries of the skin in patients with end-stage renal failure, dialysis patients, and patients with hypercalcemia. The condition is characterized by the calcification of small blood vessels leading t...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2023/v24i5953
Dermatomyositis is a chronic progressive autoimmune disease of unknown etiology and rare occurrence worldwide. It is an immunologically mediated idiopathic inflammatory disease in which damage to small blood vessels contributes to injury and inflammation of muscle and skin. Derma...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2023/v24i5954
Adedeji Okikiade, Ikeokwu Anderson, Twanna Browne-Caesar, Kevin Brown, Rebecca Lawrence, Daniel E. Osieme & O. Funmilayo Janet·Asian Journal of Immunology·2021
Background: More than 100 human diseases are due at least in part to an inappropriate immune system response that results in damage to an individual’s organs, tissues, or cells. Immunological diseases can affect any part of the body, and have myriad clinical manifestations that c...
Background: Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is a rare, severe and lasting autoimmune disease that can vary in severity from mild to possibly life-threatening with a multi-system manifestation characterized by symptoms relating to joint, skin or mucosal inflammation, or with a v...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230305
Adedeji Okikiade, Nourhan Abdulrahman, Miriam Tikanide, Jeffrey Ndu, Annah Akoth, Esther Akinyode, Twanna Browne-Caesar & Aromedonghene Osharode·Asian Journal of Research in Nephrology·2022
Alport syndrome (AS), also known as hereditary nephrosis, is an X-linked genetic disease that predominantly affects type IV collagen mainly in the kidneys and the eyes. It primarily affects males, particularly children, and can be transmitted via autosomal dominant and recessive...