PUBLICATIONS ARISING OUT OF RESEARCH

1. Sarfo FS, Akassi J, Agyei M, Kontoh S, Ovbiagele B. Risk Factor Control in Stroke Survivors with Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes: A Ghanaian Registry Analysis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Dec;29(12):105304. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105304. Epub 2020 Sep 22. PMID: 32992189.
2. Sarfo FS, Akassi J, Obese V, Adamu S, Agbenorku M, Ovbiagele B. Prevalence and predictors of post-stroke epilepsy among Ghanaian stroke survivors. J Neurol Sci. 2020 Nov 15; 418:117138. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.117138. Epub 2020 Sep 12. PMID: 32947087.
3. Sarfo FS, Akassi J,Adamu S, Obese V, Agbenorku M, Ovbiagele B. Frequency and factors linked to refractory hypertension among stroke survivors in Ghana. J Neurol Sci. 2020 Aug 15; 415:116976. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.116976. Epub 2020 Jun 5. PMID: 32535251; PMCID: PMC7678803.
4. Sarfo FS, Opare-Sem O, Agyei M, Akassi J, Owusu D, Owolabi M, Ovbiagele B. Risk factors for stroke occurrence in a low HIV endemic West African country: A case-control study. J Neurol Sci. 2018 Dec 15; 395:8-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.09.021. Epub 2018 Sep 20. PMID: 30268726; PMCID: PMC6368355.
5. Sarfo FS, Akassi J, Kyem G, Adamu S, Awuah D, Kantanka OS, Ovbiagele B. Long-Term Outcomes of Stroke in a Ghanaian Outpatient Clinic. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2018 Apr;27(4):1090-1099. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.11.017. Epub 2017 Dec 20. PMID: 29275059; PMCID: PMC5845472.
6. Sarfo FS, Akassi J, Adamu S, Obese V, Ovbiagele B. Burden and Predictors of Poststroke Cognitive Impairment in a Sample of Ghanaian Stroke Survivors. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017 Nov;26(11):2553-2562. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.05.041. Epub 2017 Jun 23. PMID: 28652059; PMCID: PMC5624827.
7. Sarfo FS, Ovbiagele B, Akassi J, Kyem G. Baseline Prescription and One-Year Persistence of Secondary Prevention Drugs after an index Stroke in Central Ghana. eNeurologicalSci. 2017 Mar; 6:68-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ensci.2016.12.003. Epub 2016 Dec 28. PMID: 28920085; PMCID: PMC5597054.
8. Sarfo FS, Kyem G, Ovbiagele B, Akassi J,Sarfo-Kantanka O, Agyei M, Badu E, Adusei Mensah N. One-Year Rates and Determinants of Poststroke Systolic Blood Pressure Control among Ghanaians. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017 Jan;26(1):78-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.08.033. Epub 2016 Sep 14. PMID: 27639589; PMCID: PMC6402574.
9. Sarfo FS, Akassi J,Badu E, Okorozo A, Ovbiagele B, Akpalu A. Profile of neurological disorders in an adult neurology clinic in Kumasi, Ghana. eNeurologicalSci. 2016 Jun; 3:69-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ensci.2016.03.003. PMID: 27110596; PMCID: PMC4839267.
10. Sarfo FS, Awuah DO, Nkyi C, Akassi J,Opare-Sem OK, Ovbiagele B. Recent patterns and predictors of neurological mortality among hospitalized patients in Central Ghana. J Neurol Sci. 2016 Apr 15; 363:217-24. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.02.041. Epub 2016 Feb 17. PMID: 27000253.
11. Sarfo FS, Akassi J,Awuah D, Adamu S, Nkyi C, Owolabi M, Ovbiagele B. Trends in stroke admission and mortality rates from 1983 to 2013 in central Ghana. J Neurol Sci. 2015 Oct 15;357(1-2):240-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.07.043. Epub 2015 Aug 4. PMID: 26293417.
12. Roberto Cilia, Albert Akpalu, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Momodou Cham, Marianna Amboni, Emanuele Cereda, Margherita Fabbri, Patrick Adjei, John Akassi, Alba Bonetti, Gianni Pezzoli, The modern pre-levodopa era of Parkinson’s disease: insights into motor complications from sub-Saharan Africa, Brain, Volume 137, Issue 10, October 2014, Pages 2731–2742, https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awu195

 JOURNALS IN WHICH PAPERS ARE PUBLISHED

1. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
2. Journal of Neurological Sciences
3. BRAIN, A Journal of Neurology

Books I have Co-authored

1. Guide to History Taking and Clinical Examination for Medical Students. Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, KNUST, Second Edition, 2018
2. Guide to History Taking and Examination for Medical Students. Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, KNUST, First Edition, 2016