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  • Inventi:had/20033/16
    Anaemia and Iron Homeostasis in a Cohort of HIV-infected Patients: A Cross-sectional Study in\nGhana
    01-Jan-1970 Research 2016 : July - September
    Christian Obirikorang, Razak Gyesi Issahaku, Derick Nii Mensah Osakunor, James Osei-Yeboah

    Aim.We determined the prevalence of anaemia and evaluatedmarkers of iron homeostasis in a cohort of HIV patients. Methods. A\ncomparative cross-sectional study on 319 participants was carried out at the Tamale Teaching Hospital from July 2013 to December\n2013, 219 patients on HAART (designated On-HAART) and 100 HAART-naive patients. Data gathered include sociodemography,\nclinical history, and selected laboratory assays. Results. Prevalence of anaemia was 23.8%. On-HAART participants had higher\nCD4/CD3 lymphocyte counts, Hb, HCT/PCV, MCV, MCH, iron, ferritin, and TSAT (

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    CC Compliant Citation: Christian Obirikorang, Razak Gyesi\nIssahaku, Derick Nii Mensah Osakunor, and James Osei-Yeboah,\nâ??Anaemia and Iron Homeostasis in a Cohort of HIV-Infected\nPatients: A Cross-Sectional Study in Ghana,â? AIDS Research and\nTreatment, vol. 2016, Article ID 1623094, 8 pages, 2016.\ndoi:10.1155/2016/1623094, http://creativecommons.org/\nlicenses/by/4.0/.
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