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Browsing Research Articles (Nuclear Medicine) by UP Author "Ankrah, Alfred O."
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Lawal, Ismaheel Opeyemi; Ololade, Kehinde; Popoola, Gbenga O.; Ankrah, Alfred O.; Vorster, Mariza; Maes, Alex; Mokgoro, N.P. (Neo); Van de Wiele, Christophe; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2022-03)
BACKGROUND : To compare the rate, time and, pattern of recurrence of cervical cancer between patients with and without HIV infection and to determine factors predicting cervical cancer recurrence in patients evaluated by ...
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Ankrah, Alfred O.; Creemers-Schild, Dina; De Keizer, Bart; Klein, Hans C.; Dierckx, Rudi A.J.O.; Kwee, Thomas C.; Span, Lambert F.R.; De Jong, Pim A.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Glaudemans, Andor W.J.M.
(MDPI, 2021-01-17)
Anatomy-based imaging methods are the usual imaging methods used in assessing invasive
fungal infections (IFIs). [18F]FDG PET/CT has also been used in the evaluation of IFIs. We assessed
the added value of [18F]FDG PET/CT ...
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Ankrah, Alfred O.; Buscombe, John Richard; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Clinics Cardiv, 2012-07)
BACKGROUND: Elevated plasma homocysteine level has emerged as a relatively newly recognised risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). However, reduction of plasma homocysteine levels in large prospective studies did ...
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Ankrah, Alfred O.; Lawal, Ismaheel Opeyemi; Boshomane, Tebatso M.G.; Klein, Hans C.; Ebenhan, Thomas; Dierckx, Rudi A.J.O.; Vorster, Mariza; Glaudemans, Andor W.J.M.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Thieme Publishing, 2019-09)
Please read abstract in the article.
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Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Maes, Alex; Kgomo, Mbo; Stoltz, Anton Carel; Ankrah, Alfred O.; Van de Wiele, Christophe
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate differences in glucose uptake by skeletal muscle tissue and subcutaneous fat in HIV patients on HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy)
presenting with and without lipodystrophy as well as in ...
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Lawal, Ismaheel Opeyemi; Orunmuyi, Akintunde T.; Popoola, Gbenga O.; Lengana, Thabo; Mokoala, Kgomotso M.G.; Ankrah, Alfred O.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins:, 2020-11)
To evaluate arterial fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake as a marker of arterial inflammation in multiple vascular beds in patients treated
with anthracycline-based chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma (HL).
We used maximum ...
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Lawal, Ismaheel Opeyemi; Lengana, Thabo; Janse van Rensburg, Charl; Reyneke, Florette; Popoola, Gbenga O.; Ankrah, Alfred O.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Public Library of Science, 2019-04-18)
OBJECTIVES : To determine the impact of FDG-PET/CT in the initial staging of cervical cancer among
women with and without HIV and to determine the abilities of FDG-PET/CT metabolic
parameters in predicting the presence ...
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Ankrah, Alfred O.; Glaudemans, Andor W.J.M.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Klein, Hans C.
(SpringerOpen, 2016-04)
In a previous paper, an overview of the use of PET/CT in
the management of tuberculosis (TB) was provided and the
potential role of nitroimidazole imaging in LTBI was
considered [1]. During latent TB, dormant bacilli ...
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Ankrah, Alfred O.; Lawal, Ismaheel Opeyemi; Dierckx, Rudi A.J.O.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Glaudemans, Andor W.J.M.
(Elsevier, 2023-01)
Over the last decades, the population at risk for invasive fungal disease (IFD) has increased because of medical therapy advances and diseases compromising patients' immune systems. The high morbidity and mortality associated ...
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Lawal, Ismaheel Opeyemi; Abubakar, Sofiullah; Ankrah, Alfred O.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Elsevier, 2023-01)
Despite the introduction of many novel diagnostic techniques and newer treatment agents, tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide. With about a quarter of humanity harboring ...
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Ankrah, Alfred O.; Klein, Hans C.; Elsinga, Philip H.
(Bentham Science, 2018)
Diabetic Foot Infections (DFIs) are associated with increased morbidity, an economic burden on patients, their families and healthcare systems and increased mortality. Early diagnosis with prompt, appropriate and adequate ...
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Lawal, Ismaheel Opeyemi; Mokoala, Kgomotso M.G.; Kgatle, Mankgopo; Dierckx, Rudi A.J.O.; Glaudemans, Andor W.J.M.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Ankrah, Alfred O.
(MDPI, 2021-11-06)
Invasive fungal disease (IFD) leads to increased mortality, morbidity, and costs of treatment
in patients with immunosuppressive conditions. The definitive diagnosis of IFD relies on the isolation
of the causative fungal ...
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Lawal, Ismaheel Opeyemi; Ankrah, Alfred O.; Ololade, Kehinde O.; Modiselle, Moshe; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2017-11)
RATIONALE : F-18 Fluoro Deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography (F-18 FDG PET/CT) is a useful
modality in the evaluation of patients with malignancies. Increased incidence of lympho-proliferative ...
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Ankrah, Alfred O.; Span, Lambert F.R.; Klein, Hans C.; De Jong, Pim A.; Dierckx, Rudi A.J.O.; Kwee, Thomas C.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Glaudemans, Andor W.J.M.
(Springer, 2019-01)
INTRODUCTION : Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) occur mostly in immunosuppressed patients and can be life-threatening. Inadequate treatment is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We examined the role of ...