Dr. (Mrs.) Mary Kormley Yeboah Afihene

Part Time Senior Lecturer


Dept: Medicine
Department of Medicine,
School of Medicine and Dentistry
KNUST

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Publications

    1. J. K. Kwarteng, L. Owusu, M. Afihene et al., Lowered Serum Triglyceride Level Among Chronic Hepatitis B Infected Patients in Ghana. Journal of Science and Technology, Vol.32, No. 3 (2012), pp 1-10
    2. Yang JD, Gyedu A, Afihene MY, Duduyemi BM, Micah E, Kingham TP, Nyirenda M, Nkansah AA, Bandoh S, Duguru MJ, Okeke EN, Kouakou-Lohoues MJ, Abdo A, Awuku YA,  Ajayi AO, Omonisi AE, Ocama P, Malu AO, Mustapha S, Okonkwo U, Kooffreh-Ada M, Debes J, Onyekwere C, Ekere F, Rufina I, Roberts LR; Africa Network for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Occurs at an Earlier Age in Africans, Particularly in Association With Chronic Hepatitis B. Am J Gastroenterol. 110(11):1629-31. 2015
    3. Afihene MY, Duduyemi BM 2015 Puetz Jegher Syndrome in a Family in Ghana: A Case Series and Clinicopathologic Review.” American Journal of Medical Sciences and Medicine, 3 (2) 14-19.
    4. Afihene MY, Duduyemi BM, Tetteh HLA, Khatib M2015. Knowledge, attitude and practices concerning Hepatitis B infection, among healthcare workers in Bantama, Ghana: a crosssectional study. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health 2(3):244 -253
    5. Duduyemi BM, Yifieyeh AC, Afihene MY 2015 Synchronous rhabdomyosarcoma of the testis and kidney: A case report and review of the literature.Alexandria Journal of medicine doi:10.1016/j.ajme.2015.03.002
    6. Ladep NG, Lesi OA, Mark P, Lemoine M, Onyekwere C, Afihene M, Crossey MM, Taylor-Robinson SD. Problem of hepatocellular carcinoma in West Africa. 2014 World J Hepatol. 6(11):783-92
    7. Mary K. Y. Afihene, Mark Denyer, John H. Amuasi, Isaac Boakye, Kofi Nkrumah 2014 Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori and Endoscopic findings among dyspeptics in Kumasi, Ghana Open Science Journal of Clinical Medicine 2(3): 63-68
    8. WGO Handbook on HEARTBURN: A Global Perspective, WORLD DIGESTIVE HEALTH DAY 2015, Investigations in Heartburn
    9. Awuku YA, Afihene M, Nkrumah K. The 1st Scientific conference and annual general meeting of the Ghana Association for the study of Liver and Digestive diseases: a brief report: Ghana Association. South Afr Gastroenterol Rev. 2015; 13 (3):30–31.
    10. Ju Dong Yang , Adam Gyedu, Mary Yeboah Afihene, Babatunde M Duduyemi , Eileen Micah et al. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Occurs at an Earlier Age in Africans, Particularly in Association With Chronic Hepatitis B. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. November 2015
    11. Ju Dong Yang, Edith Okeke, Mary J. Duguru, Mary Afihene et al. Mo1510 Prognosis of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Is Extremely Poor in African Country. Gastroenterology 150(4):S1135-S1136 DOI: 10.1016/S0016 5085(16)33832-X. April 2016.
    12. Ju Dong Yang Essa A. Mohamed Ashraf Omar Abdelaziz, Mary Afihene Lewis Rowland Roberts et al. Characteristics, management, and outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Africa: a multicounty observational study from the Africa Liver Cancer Consortium. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30161-3 December 2016.
    13. Wendy Spearman, Mary Afihene, Reidwaan Ally, Mark Sonderup  et al. Hepatitis B in sub-Saharan Africa: strategies to achieve the 2030 elimination targets. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2(12):900-909 DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30295-9 December 2017
    14. Mark Sonderup, Mary Afihene, Reidwaan Ally Wendy Spearman et al. Hepatitis C in sub-Saharan Africa: the current status and recommendations for achieving elimination by 2030. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. December 2017.
    15. Babatunde M Duduyemi, Du-Bois Asante Nicholas AKINWALE Titiloye Mary Y. Afihene Abstract 5044: Molecular analysis of HBV in histologically confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma in a tertiary hospital in Ghana. Cancer Research July 2018.
    16. Michael Owusu, Joseph Kofi Bonney, Augustina Angelina Annan, Gifty Mawuli, Kennedy Okyere, Mohamed Mutocheluh, Juliana Aryeequaye, Nicholas Kwabena Adjei, Mary Afihene, Kathryn Spangenberg, Justice Sylverken, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Christian Drosten, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie.  Aetiology of viral hepatitis among jaundiced patients presenting to a tertiary hospital in Ghana. PLOS ONE ( IF 2.740 ) Pub Date : 2018-09-12 , DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203699
    17. John Gásdal, Karstensen Alanna, Ebigbo Lars, Aabakken, Mary Afihene, Cesare Hassan et al. Nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Cascade Guideline. Endoscopy International Open 06(10):E1256-E1263 DOI: 10.1055/a-0677-2084 October 2018
    18. Yvonne A. Nartey Mawuena Asem, Hanson Adwoa Agyei-Nkansah, Mary Afihene, Amelie Plymoth et al. Nutritional management of cirrhosis patients: A qualitative study exploring perceptions of patients and health workers in Ghana Clinical Nutrition ESPEN October 2019
    19. Yvonne A. Nartey, Yaw A. Awuku, Adwoa Agyei-Nkansah, Mary Afihene, Amelie Plymoth, et al.  Ambulatory end-stage liver disease in Ghana; patient profile and utility of alpha fetoprotein and aspartate aminotransferase - platelet ratio index March 2020, BMC Gastroenterology.
    20. Neil Gupta, Hailemichael Desalegn, Ponsiano Ocama, Karine Lacombe, Richard Njouom, Mary Afihene, Lina Cunha, C. Wendy Spearman, Mark W. Sonderup, Fredrick Kateera. Converging pandemics: implications of COVID-19 for the viral hepatitis response in sub-Saharan Africa. The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology Published - 1 Jul 2020.

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