Publications by authors named "R O Akinde"
Background: Recurrent pregnancy loss is a common occurrence and a matter of concern for couples planning the pregnancy. Chromosomal abnormalities, mainly balanced rearrangements, are common in couples with repeated miscarriages.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the contribution of chromosomal anomalies causing repeated spontaneous miscarriages and provide detailed characterization of a few structurally altered chromosomes.
The use of anti-retroviral drugs during pregnancy has increased since the demonstration of reduction of mother-to-child transmission of HIV with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The risk of HAART cannot be ruled out; data are generally limited or varied. This study intends to thoroughly assess the teratogenic effect of HAART on the organogenesis stage of fetal development using animal model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Toxoplasmosis is caused by infection with a ubiquitous intracellular protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. With the advent of the HIV pandemic in Nigeria, toxoplasmic encephalitis has become one of the more frequent opportunistic infections and the most commonly implicated cause of focal brain lesions complicating the course of AIDS.
Objectives: This study was conducted to compare the pattern of seroprevalence of T.
Objective: we present a 14 year retrospective histopathological study of 92 cases of adult lymphomas in Lagos. The aim is to document the histologic types, age and sex distribution.
Materials And Method: The materials consisted of slides and paraffin embedded blocks of all cases of lymphoma in adults above the age of 16 years seen between 1991 and 2004 at the Morbid Anatomy Department of Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idi-Araba Lagos.