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Albert Akpalu

university of ghana

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216Paper Count
5.9KCitation Count
Published Papers 65
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The prevalence and determinants of epilepsy in Ghana: A population-based study in two districts using a three-stage approach
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errEmmanuel Kwame Darkwa; Sabina Asiamah; Elizabeth Awini; Cynthia Sottie; Anthony Godi; John E. Williams; Frank Atuguba; Alexander Adjei; Albert Akpalu; J. Helen Cross; Josemir W. Sander; Arjune Sen; Charles R. Newton; Anthony Danso-Appiah; Patrick Adjei; the EPInA Investigators
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Genetic correlation analysis of Alzheimer's disease and stroke implicates PHLPP1 as a shared locus in individuals of African ancestry
err2026-04-27
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errNicholas R. Ray; Jiji Kurup; Ajneesh Kumar; Farid Rajabli; Liyong Wang; Wanying Xu; Fulai Jin; Elanur Yilmaz; Caghan Kizil; Luciana Bertholim-Nasciben; Sofia Moura; Aura M. Ramirez; Olusegun Baiyewu; Anthony J. Griswold; Motunrayo Coker; Kyle M. Scott; Kazeem Akinwande; Larry D. Adams; Samuel Diala; Patrice G. Whitehead; Jacob L. McCauley; Mayowa Ogunronbi; Kara L. Hamilton-Nelson; Albertino Damasceno; Andrew F. Zaman; Susan H. Blanton; Albert Akpalu; Michael L. Cuccaro; Kolawole Wahab; Katalina F. McInerney; Karen Nuytemans; Reginald Obiako; Pedro R. Mena; Njideka Okubadejo; Izri M. Martinez; Yared Z. Zewde; Seid A. Gugssa; Fred S. Sarfo; Raj Kalaria; David M. Ndetei; Scott M. Williams; Allison Caban-Holt; ADGC, AfDC; Giuseppe Tosto; Jonathan L. Haines; Rufus O. Akinyemi; Adesola Ogunniyi; Goldie S. Byrd; William S. Bush; Brian W. Kunkle; Jeffery M. Vance; Margaret A. Pericak-Vance; Christiane Reitz
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Building qualitative research capacity in the global health workforce and developing a community of practice in parts of sub-Saharan Africa: a case study
err2026-04-24
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errJack Lumsdon; Catherine Dotchin; Albert Akpalu; Benedict Calys-Tagoe; Dilraj Sokhi; Momodou Cham; Njideka Ulunma Okubadejo; Richard Morton; Violet Naanyu; Richard Walker; Matthew Breckons; Natasha Fothergill-Misbah
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Coffee and tea intake and stroke events among West Africans: findings from the SIREN Study
err2026-03-31
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errOsahon Jeffery Asowata; Mary Oyeronke Oyewole; Adekunle Fakunle; Reginald Obiako; Edward Komolafe; Oladimeji Adebayo; Oladotun Olalusi; Olayinka Joseph Adebajo; Samuel Oluwafemi Oyamakin; IfeOluwa Owoseni; Oyedunni Arulogun; Ijezie Chukwuonye; Olayemi Balogun; Diala Samuel; Benedict Calys-Tagoe; Okechukwu Ogah; Ibrahim Olusola; Albert Akpalu; Godwin Ogbole; Arti Singh; Carolyn Jenkins; Lambert Tetteh Appiah; Yaw Mensah; Hemant Tiwari; Wisdom Oguike; Onoja Matthew Akpa; Bruce Ovbiagele; Akinkunmi Okekunle; Mayowa O. Owolabi
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Disrupted lipid homeostasis as a pathogenic mechanism in ABCA7-associated Alzheimer's disease risk
err2026-03-30
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errYounji Nam; Brooke A. DeRosa; Aura M. Ramirez; Biniyam A. Ayele; Patrice Whitehead-Gay; Larry D. Adams; Charles G. Golightly; Takiyah D. Starks; Mayra Juliana Laverde-Paz; Holly N. Cukier; Rufus Akinyemi; Fred Sarfo; Albert Akpalu; Michael L. Cuccaro; Scott M. Williams; Allison Caban-Holt; Christiane Reitz; Jonathan L. Haines; Goldie S. Byrd; Farid Rajabli; Derek M. Dykxhoorn; Juan I. Young; Jeffery M. Vance; Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
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Availability and affordability of therapies and services of multiple sclerosis in Africa: A continent-wide survey
err2026-02-12
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errAli Shalash; Daniel Gams Massi; Samia Ben Sassi; Houyam Tibar; Maouly Fall; Yared Z Zewde; Ahmed Alsiddig Ebraheem; Yasser Mecheri; Julien Razafimahefa; Samy Dadah; Gonçalves Carlos Fernando; Olivier Kapto; Abdu Kisekka Musubire; Ahmed Omar Sheikh Mohamed; Massaman Camara; Nsengiyumva Nestor; Naziha Amer; Saara Ndinelago Neshuku-Nampala; Bugeme Marcellin; Foksouna Sakad; Gift Wilson Ngwende; Juzor Hooker; Yusuf Jamnagerwalla; Albert Akpalu; Deanna Saylor; Riaan van Coller; Njideka U Okubadejo; Eman Hamid; Azza Abdelnasser Abdelaziz; Nouran Mohamed Salah
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Recruiting and retaining persons with suspected Alzheimer's disease and related dementias for genetic studies in selected African countries: Lived realities of researchers
err2026-02-09
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errOlufisayo Elugbadebo; Temitope Farombi; Oyedunni Arulogun; Michelle Nichols; Mayowa Ogunronbi; Cynthia Olawuyi; Adelina Claudia Simbine; Amour Mkubila; Osimhiarherhuo Adeleye; Dorcas Olujobi; Olorunyomi Felix Olorunsogbon; Oluwadamilola Ojo; Sunday Adeniyi; Akinola Moses; Wisdom Oguike; Kehinde Olajire; Bisoye Towolawi; Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola; Imelda Mandy; Gabriel Ogunde; Nekabari Bakor; Shadrack Osei Asibey; Ruth Laryea; Joshua Odunayo Akinyemi; Nakimbugwe Rheem; Tsimona Dinku; Damas Andrea; Kongnyu Njamnshi; Kazeem Akinwande; Godwin I. Ogbole; Albertino Damasceno; Abiodun Bello; Kolawole Wahab; Christine Musyimi; David Ndetei; Paul Nwani; Victoria Mutiso; W. Yembe Njamnshi; Reginald Obiako; Paul Olowoyo; Yared Z. Zewde; Biniyam A. Ayele; Njideka Okubadejo; Godwin Osaigbovo; Chiamaka Okereke; Fred Sarfo; Albert Akpalu; Lwere Kamada; Adefolakemi Temitope Ogundele; Alfred K. Njamnshi; Emmanuel Iwuozo; Thierry Adoukonou; Stella-Maria Paddick; Ernest Okwundu Nwazor; Nosakhare Osemwegie; Lawrence Adekunle Adebusoye; Olufemi O. Olowookere; Jean Ikanga; Maëlenn Guerchet; Anthony J. Griswold; Sudha Seshadri; Allison Caban-Holt; Olusegun Baiyewu; Jeff Vance; Mayowa Owolabi; Goldie Byrd; Richard Walker; Michael Cucarro; Rajesh Kalaria; Adesola Ogunniyi; Margaret Pericak-Vance; Rufus Akinyemi
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<i>Mucuna pruriens</i> in untreated Parkinson's disease in sub-Saharan Africa: A 12-month, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial
err2025-11-21
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errRoberto Cilia; Momodou Cham; Vida Obese; Albert Akpalu; Emanuele Cereda; Elikem Ame-Bruce; Ruth Laryea; Serena Caronni; Fred Stephen Sarfo; Francesca Del Sorbo; Stanley Fahn; Gianni Pezzoli
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Diagnostic potential of near-infrared spectroscopy in mild cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative disorders: Implications for resource-limited settings
err2025-10-08
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errGeorge Nkrumah Osei; Ansumana Bockarie; Albert Akpalu; Peter Osei-Wusu Adueming; Maxwell Hubert Antwi; Foster Appiah; Linus Kpelle; David Mawutor Donkor; David Larbi Simpong
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Law Versus What People Want: Stroke Neurobiobanking and Genomics Research in Nigeria and Ghana
err2025-10-01
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errAdigun, Muyiwa; Ojebuyi, Babatunde; Akinyemi, Joshua; Wahab, Kolawole; Akpalu, Albert; Sarfo, Fred S.; Owolabi, Lukman F.; Musbahu, Rabiu; Bello, Abiodun; Obiako, Reginald; Ogunronbi, Mayowa; Olorunyomi, Olorunsogbon; Olujobi, Dorcas; Musbahu, Titiloye; Calys-Tagoe, Benedict; Singh, Arti; Nichols, Michelle; Jenkins, Carolyn; Jegede, Ayodele; Kalaria, Rajesh; Owolabi, Mayowa; Ovbiagele, Bruce; Arulogun, Oyedunni; Akinyemi, Rufus
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Recruitment and Retention for Alzheimer's Disease Diversity Genetic Cohorts in the ADSP (READD-ADSP): A global effort to identify genetic factors in Alzheimer's disease
err2025-08-25
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errRufus Akinyemi; Olabode Omotoso; Lwere Kamada; David Ndetei; Michael Cuccaro; Albert Akpalu; Larry D. Adams; Stephen F. Sarfo; Alfred K. Njamnshi; Patrice Whitehead; Njideka Okubadejo; Mena Pedro Ramon; Albertino Damasceno; Scott Williams; Biniyam Ayele; Yared Zenebe; Thierry Adokounou; Jean Ikanga; Judith Boshe; Joshua Akinyemi; Olufisayo Elugbadebo; Reginald Obiako; Kolawole Wahab; Emmanuel Iwuozo; Kazeem Akinwande; Stella-Marie Paddick; Mayowa Ogunronbi; Christine Musyimi; Anyamele Ibuchim; Gabriel Ogunde; Motunrayo Coker; Olaleye Adeniji; Eniola Cadmus; Oladotun Olalusi; Timothy Ciesielski; Paul Nwani; Susan Halloran Blanton; Paul Olowoyo; Oluwadamilola Ojo; Rasaq Durodoye; Godwin Osaigbovo; Noeline Nakasujja; Mlaki Damas Andrea; Akinsola Ojagbemi; Godwin Ogbole; Temitope Farombi; Adefolakemi T. Ogundele; Azizi Seixas; Lawrence Adebusoye; Michelle Nichols; Ernest O. Nwazor; Nosakhare Osemwegie; Maeleen Guerchet; Farid Rajabli; Olufemi Olowookere; Jacob L. McCauley; Oyedunni Arulogun; Sudha Seshadri; Mayowa Owolabi; Guiseppe Tosto; Goldie Byrd; Richard Walker; Christiane Reitz; William Bush; Olusegun Baiyewu; Anthony J. Griswold; Brian W. Kunkle; Jonathan Haines; Rajesh N. Kalaria; Jeffery M. Vance; Adesola Ogunniyi; Margaret Pericak-Vance
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ABCA7 deletion lowers age at onset of Alzheimer's disease and interacts with APOE ε4 synergistically in African-ancestry populations
err2025-08-20
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errBilcag Akgun; Alexander V. Gulyayev; Motunrayo Coker; Kara L. Hamilton-Nelson; Oladotun Olalusi; Larry D. Adams; Kazeem Akinwande; Patrice G. Whitehead; Samuel Diala; Mayowa Ogunronbi; Renee A. Laux; Albert Akpalu; Takiyah D. Starks; Fred S. Sarfo; Jenny Chavez; Kamada Lwere; Gary W. Beecham; Joshua O. Akinyemi; Reginald Obiako; David Ndetei; Allison Caban-Holt; Biniyam Ayele; Paula Ogrocki; Anthony J. Griswold; Andrew F. Zaman; Pedro R. Mena; Izri M. Martinez; Susan H. Blanton; Njideka Okubadejo; Albertino Damasceno; Rajesh Kalaria; Michael L. Cuccaro; Katalina F. McInerney; African Dementia Consortium (AfDC); Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP); William S. Bush; Brian W. Kunkle; Adesola Ogunniyi; Jeffery M. Vance; Rufus O. Akinyemi; Jonathan L. Haines; Christiane Reitz; Goldie S. Byrd; Farid Rajabli; Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
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Developing biobanking processes for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia research in Africa: Experience from the Recruitment and Retention for Alzheimer's Disease Diversity in the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project (READD-ADSP)
err2025-08-17
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errKazeem Sanjo Akinwande; Patrice Whitehead; Samuel Diala; Motunrayo Coker; Larry Deon Adams; Mayowa Ogunronbi; Olayemi Balogun; Richard Boateng; Williams Kudzi; Ajibola Falayi; Pascalyne Kavesa Nyamai; Celia Filomena Novela; Tsehayneh Kelemu; Jimoh Yemi Abdulraheem; Osimhiarherhuo Adeleye; Roosevelt Amaobichukwu Anyanwu; Jedidiah Ankamah; Bamigbowu Olugbenga Emmanuel; Lucius Chidiebere Imoh; Wonder Agudey Doku-Agama; Happiness Kumburu; Rogers Kamulegeya; Komolafe Benjamin Ige; Olaolu Olajide Famuyiwa; Gabriel Ogunde; Faith Chinaza Ejimkonye; Joshua Akinyemi; Mike Cuccaro; Pedro Mena; Godwin Ogbole; Olufisayo Elugbadebo; Temitope Farombi; Michelle Nichols; Sunday Adeniyi; Mubashir Uthman; Christine Musyimi; Victoria Mutiso; Kolawole Wahab; Godwin Osaigbovo; Ernest Nwazor; Nosakhare Osemwegie; Paul Nwani; Adefolakemi Temitope Ogundele; Paul Olowoyo; Emmanuel Uzodinma Iwuozo; Damas Andrea Mlaki; Reginald Obiako; Fred Sarfo; Albert Akpalu; Thierry Adoukonou; Biniyam A. Ayele; Yared Zenebe; Kamada Lwere; Albertino Damasceno; Alfred K Njamnshi; Judith Boshe; Stella-Maria Paddick; Sudha Seshadri; Jacob McCauley; Richard Walker; Oyedunni Arulogun; Njideka Okubadejo; Olusegun Baiyewu; Goldie Byrd; Mayowa Owolabi; David Ndetei; Brian W. Kunkle; Anthony J. Griswold; Rajesh N Kalaria; Jeffery Vance; Adesola Ogunniyi; Margaret Pericak-Vance; Rufus Akinyemi
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The role of community advisory boards in enhancing recruitment and retention in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia research in Africa: Experience from the READD-ADSP study
err2025-07-30
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errTemitope Farombi; Oyedunni Arulogun; Michelle Nichols; Olorunyomi F. Olorunsogbon; Mayowa Ogunronbi; Oyedolapo Oyedola; Eniola Cadmus; Babatunde Ojebuyi; Taofeek A. Sanni; Victoria Mutiso; Mubashir Uthman; Abdullateef Gbenga Sule; Joy Louise Gumikiriza -Onoria; Godspower Chibuike Onunka; Benedict Calys-Tagoe; Tsimona Dinku; Ifeoma Adaigwe Amaechi; Adedoyin O. Ogunyemi; Obo Y. Onibon; Daniel E. Ukpabi; Hypolite O. Ezin; Solomon Gyabaah; Tolulope Afolaranmi; Osimhiarherhuo Adeleye; Nathaniel Coleman; Innocent Mwombeki; Damas Andrea; Albertino Damasceno; Abiodun Bello; Kolawole Wahab; Christine Musyimi; David Ndetei; Paul Nwani; W. Yembe Njamnshi; Olufisayo Elugbadebo; Reginald Obiako; Paul Olowoyo; Yared Z. Zewde; Biniyam A. Ayele; Njideka Okubadejo; Godwin Osaigbovo; Fred Sarfo; Albert Akpalu; Lwere Kamada; Olusegun Baiyewu; Nakasujja Noeline; Adefolakemi Temitope Ogundele; Alfred K Njamnshi; Emmanuel Iwuozo; Thierry Adoukonou; Judith Boshe; Stella-Maria Paddick; Ernest Okwundu Nwazor; Nosakhare Osemwegie; Jean Ikanga; Sudha Seshadri; Mayowa Owolabi; Walker Richard; Goldie Byrd; Rajesh N Kalaria; Adesola Ogunniyi; Margaret Pericak-Vance; Rufus Akinyemi
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Low vegetable consumption doubles the odds of stroke among people with hypertension: Findings from the SIREN Study in West Africa
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errOsahon Jeffery Asowata; Ifeoluwa Bodunde; Akinkunmi Paul Okekunle; Onoja Matthew Akpa; David Kadan Danladi; Adekunle Gregory Fakunle; Morenikeji A Komolafe; Reginald Obiako; Kolawole Wahab; Joshua Akinyemi; Albert Akpalu; Olayinka Adebajo; Kelechukwu Uwanuruochi; Samuel Olowookere; Oyedunni Arulogun; Arti Singh; Paul Olowoyo; Oladotun Olalusi; Godwin Inalegwu Ogbole; Ganiyu Adeniyi Amusa; Sunday Adeniyi; Innocent Ijezie Chukwuonye; Okechukwu Ogah; Suleiman Y Isah; Philip O Ibinaiye; Ayodipupo Oguntade; Eunice Olabinri; Adebolajo Adeyemo; Olayemi Balogun; Benedict Calys-Tagoe; Philip Adebayo; Lambert Appiah; Abiodun Ajose; Ayo Ogunmodede; Abiodun Adeoye; Vincent Shindali; Abiodun Hamzat Bello; Atinuke M Agunloye; Ugochukwu Onyenonoro; Taiwo Olunuga; Richard Chika Efidi; Oladimeji Adebayo; Musbahu Rabiu; Julius Adesina; Wisdom Oguike; Ayomide Owolabi; Fred Stephen Sarfo; Rufus Akinyemi; Bruce Ovbiagele; Mayowa Owolabi
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Research participants' perception of ethical issues in stroke genomics and neurobiobanking research in Africa
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errJegede, Ayodele; Balogun, Olubukola; Olorunsogbon, Olorunyomi Felix; Nichols, Michelle; Akinyemi, Joshua; Jenkins, Carolyn; Ogunronbi, Mayowa; Singh, Arti; Obiako, Reginald; Wahab, Kolawole; Bello, Abiodun; Akpalu, Albert; Sarfo, Fred S.; Owolabi, Lukman F.; Ojebuyi, Babatunde; Adigun, Muyiwa; Olujobi, Dorcas; Musbahu, Rabiu; Titiloye, Musibau; Afolami, Ibukun; Calys-Tagoe, Benedict; Uvere, Ezinne; Laryea, Ruth; Fakunle, Adekunle; Adeleye, Osi; Adesina, Deborah; Mensah, Nathaniel; Oguike, Wisdom; Coleman, Nathaniel; Adeniyi, Sunday; Omotoso, Lanre; Asibey, Shadrack; Melikam, Lois; Yusuf, Jibril; Gbenga, Abdullateef; Mande, Aliyu; Uthman, Muhammed; Kalaria, Rajesh N.; Owolabi, Mayowa; Ovbiagele, Bruce; Arulogun, Oyedunni; Akinyemi, Rufus O.
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Association between alcohol consumption and stroke in Nigeria and Ghana: A case-control study
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errChukwuonye, Innocent Ijezie; Akpa, Onoja Matthew; Asowata, Osahon Jeffery; Fakunle, Adekunle Gregory; Komolafe, Morenikeji A.; Akinyemi, Joshua; Sarfo, Fred Stephen; Akpalu, Albert; Wahab, Kolawole; Obiako, Reginald; Owolabi, Lukman; Osaigbovo, Godwin O.; Okekunle, Akinkunmi Paul; Ogah, Okechukwu; Tiwari, Hemant K.; Jekins, Carolyn; Michael, Fawale B.; Arnett, Donna; Calys-Tagoe, Benedict; Olalere, Abimbola; Adebayo, Oladimeji; Oguike, Wisdom; Adebayo, Philip; Arulogun, Oyedunni; Appiah, Lambert; Ibinaiye, Philip O.; Adeniyi, Sunday; Olalusi, Oladotun; Balogun, Olayemi; Akinyemi, Rufus; Ovbiagele, Bruce; Owolabi, Mayowa Ojo; SIREN
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ASSOCIATION OF SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE IN RELATION TO HYPERTENSION TREATMENT STATUS WITH STROKE OCCURRENCE IN GHANA AND NIGERIA
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errFakunle, Adekunle; Asowata, Osahon; Okekunle, Akinkunmi; Sarfo, Fred; Akpa, Onoja; Wahab, Kolawole; Akpalu, Albert; Obiako, Reginald; Akinyemi, Rufus; Ovbiagele, Bruce; Owolabi, Mayowa
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Mucuna pruriens to treat Parkinson ' s disease in low-income countries: Recommendations and practical guidelines from the farmer to clinical trials. Paving the way for future use in clinical practice
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errCaronni, Serena; Del Sorbo, Francesca; Barichella, Michela; Fothergill-Misbah, Natasha; Denne, Tanya; Laguna, Janeth; Urasa, Sarah; Dekker, Marieke C. J.; Akpalu, Albert; Sarfo, Fred Stephen; Cham, Momodou; Pezzoli, Gianni; Cilia, Roberto
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Stroke occurrence by hypertension treatment status in Ghana and Nigeria: A case-control study
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errSarfo, Fred Stephen; Asowata, Osahon Jeffery; Akpa, Onoja Matthew; Akinyemi, Joshua; Wahab, Kolawole; Singh, Arti; Akpalu, Albert; Opare-Addo, Priscilla Abrafi; Okekunle, Akinkunmi Paul; Ogbole, Godwin; Fakunle, Adekunle; Adebayo, Oladimeji; Obiako, Reginald; Akisanya, Cynthia; Komolafe, Morenkeji; Olunuga, Taiwo; Chukwuonye, Innocent I.; Osaigbovo, Godwin; Olowoyo, Paul; Adebayo, Phillip B.; Jenkins, Carolyn; Bello, Abiodun; Laryea, Ruth; Ibinaye, Phillip; Olalusi, Olatundun; Adeniyi, Sunday; Arulogun, Oyedunni; Ogah, Okechukwu; Adeoye, Abiodun; Samuel, Dialla; Calys-Tagoe, Benedit; Tiwari, Hemant; Obiageli, Onyemelukwe; Mensah, Yaw; Appiah, Lambert; Akinyemi, Rufus; Ovbiagele, Bruce; Owolabi, Mayowa
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