Multiple infectious intracranial aneurysms are rare in the paediatric population. This case report is of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who developed this fatal complication in induction therapy. The child succumbed despite aggressive medical management and surgical i...
Bridelia ferruginea (Benth) Phyllanthaceae called “Kizni” in Hausa, “Iralodan” in Yoruba and “Ola” in Igbo languages are widely used as food and as medicines in traditional medical practice. They are widely found in the Savannah regions especially in the moister regions. This stu...
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Leukemia is a neoplasm composed of monomorphic small mature B cells that co-express CD5, CD23 and one type of immunoglobulin light chain either kappa or lambda, which is necessary for the diagnosis. Here, we report a case in a 65 ye...
Background: Sickle cell anemia (CSA) is one of a group of hemoglobin disorders known as sickle cell disease in which the sickle β-globin gene is inherited. The pathophysiology of sickle cell disease (SCD) is based on the chronic hemolysis, vaso-occlusive episodes, infection and c...
Abubakar Yusuf Kakagida, Musa Mabu Isa, Abubakar Bello Anka, Mohammed Shu’aibu Shinkafi & Audu A. Mohammed·Asian Hematology Research Journal·2021
The study was carried out evaluate the effects of feeding locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) seed at graded levels on the serum biochemistry of “broilers”. Two hundred and forty broilers were used which were randomly allocated to four treatment groups, each replicated four times in a...
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is taken into account as one of the foremost types of anemia in Sudan, particulary in the western part of the country. The glutathione system plays a vital role in the removal of endogenous products of peroxidation of lipids, thus protecting...
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Research Article10.9734/ahrj/2021/v4i151
Sickle cell disease (SCD) was the first example of a ‘molecular disease’. SCD patients experience considerable morbidity from both acute and chronic sequelae; most severe cases can be fatal within the first few years of life without effective treatment or with sub-optimal treatme...
Anaemia is a state in which there is a decreased production of red blood cells (RBCs) or a decreased concentration of haemoglobin in the RBCs. This consequently affects RBCs oxygen-carrying capacity to meet the body’s physiologic demands. Globally, iron deficiency is considered t...
Aim: To investigate hematological indices of pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC) in Dutsin-Ma General Hospital Katsina State. Place and Duration of the Study: Hematology Unit of Laboratory Department, General hospital Dutsin-Ma (GHDTM), between June, 2019 to November 20...