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  • Anti-musk Myasthenic Crisis in the Puerperium: The Management Dilemma 
    Appiah–Thompson, Peter; Awuku, Yaw Asante; Masiowski, Paul; Appiah–Thompson, Benedicta L.; Dampson, Olukemi Olawaiye (British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, 2015)
    Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic neuromuscular junction (NMJ) dysfunction with a wide spectrum of neurological manifestations. MG is as a result of autoantibodies directed against NMJ at the postsynaptic level involving ...
  • Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism 
    Simpong, David Larbi; Awuku, Yaw Asante; Kye-Amoah, Kenneth Kwame; Morna, Martin Tangnaa; Adoba, Prince; Anin, Stephen Kofi; Adu, Patrick (2018)
    Background. Iodine deficiency causes maternal hypothyroidism which can lead to growth, cognitive, and psychomotor deficit in neonates, infants, and children. This study examined the iodine status of pregnant women in a ...
  • Management dilemma of hepatocellular carcinoma in pregnancy: a case report 
    Awuku, Yaw Asante; Amoako, Emmanuella; Oduro-Donkor, Dominic; Adu, Joseph (Pan African Medical Journal, 2016)
    Hepatocellular carcinoma is rarely associated with pregnancy and when it does there is poor prognosis for both the mother and the baby There is paucity of evidence for best practice in hepatocellular carcinoma in pregnancy ...
  • Post Hepatitis B vaccination sero-conversion among health care workers in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana 
    Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas; Awuku, Yaw Asante; George, Adjei; Cudjoe, Obed; Benjamin, Anna Hayfron; Obboh, Evans; Amoako-Saky, Daniel (PLOS ONE, 2019)
    Background HBV vaccine is known to offer protection against transmission of HBV infection. Health care workers are mandated to have this vaccination as part of their occupational health safety measures. Post vaccination ...
  • Prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection among children living in a rural setting in Sub-Saharan Africa 
    Awuku, Yaw Asante; Simpong, David Larbi; Alhassan, Ishmael Kunateh; Tuoyire, Derek Anamaale; Afaa, Taiba; Adu, Patrick (BMC Public Health, 2017)
    Background: Helicobacter pylori infection affects more than half of the world’s population. It is generally acquired during childhood with no symptoms but has long- term clinical sequelae. This study estimated the prevalence ...
  • Prognostic Worth of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) in Patients with Head and Neck Tumors 
    Barnes, Precious; Yeboah, F. A.; Zhu, Jinling; Saahene, Roland Osei; Obirikorang, Christian; Adinortey, Michael Buenor; Amoani, Benjamin; Kyei, Foster; Akakpo, Patrick; Awuku, Yaw Asante (Journal of Cancer Epidemiology, 2020)
    Introduction. Head and neck tumors (HNT) are tumors that normally occur at the head and neck region of the body. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been found to be highly expressed in breast and other tumors; ...
  • Renal dysfunction among adult HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral therapy at a tertiary facility in Ghana 
    Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas; Awuku, Yaw Asante; Alofa, Wonderful; Charwudz, Alice; Aniakwa-Bonsu, Ebenezer; Obboh, Evans; Nsiah, Paul (BMC Nephrology, 2018)
    Background: Kidney diseases have emerged as significant cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV subject on antiretroviral therapy (ART). In Ghana, routine follow up of HIV positive clients is by estimation of serum creatinine ...
  • Sero-prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis E virus infection among pregnant women in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana 
    Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas; Awuku, Yaw Asante; Adu, Joseph; Pappoe, Faustina; Obboh, Evans; Nsiah, Paul; Amoako-Sakyi, Daniel; Simpore, Jacques (PLOS ONE, 2018)
    Background Hepatitis E virus is an emerging infection in Africa with poor maternal and foetal outcomes. There is scanty data on the sero-prevalence of HEV infection among pregnant women in Ghana. This study highlighted ...
  • Sero-prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis E virus infection among pregnant women in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana 
    Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas; Awuku, Yaw Asante; Awuku, Yaw Asante; Adu, Joseph; Obboh, Evans; Nsiah, Paul; Amoako-Sakyi, Daniel; Simpore, Jacques (PLOS ONE, 2018)
    Background Hepatitis E virus is an emerging infection in Africa with poor maternal and foetal outcomes. There is scanty data on the sero-prevalence of HEV infection among pregnant women in Ghana. This study highlighted ...

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