David Ntiamoah Ofosu

Evaluation of the Diagnostic Value of Ret-He among Sickle Cell Disease Children with Iron Deficiency Anaemia on Haematinics

David Ntiamoah Ofosu, Clement Opoku-Okrah, Victoria Bam & Selorm Philip Segbefia · Asian Hematology Research Journal · 2019

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...

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Reference Intervals of Prothrombin Time and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time and Their Association with Age among Healthy Adults in Kumasi, Ghana

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...

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