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josephine akpalu

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor, University of Ghana Medical School Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
DepartmentGEMP OFFICE
DiabetesEndocrine disordersCardiometabolic diseases
Publications

69

Citations

1,537

H-index

20

i10-index

31

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
22.3
Most cited paper
385
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 08:38
Publications

69 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Antecedent sedative use is independently associated with stroke occurrence among west Africans: Evidence from the SIREN case-control study
EO Uvere, J Akinyemi, FS Sarfo, A Fakunle, AP Okekunle, O Akpa, ...
2025 Eneurologicalsci 40, 100573, 2025 Health Sciences 0
Attaining Comprehensive Diabetes Care in Ghana: Insights of Policymakers and Diabetes Experts
E Yorke, J Akpalu, Y Atiase
2025 Current Medical Issues 23 (4), 312-319, 2025 Health Sciences 0
Hypopituitarism and associated demographic and clinical factors in patients with pituitary adenoma in Ghana: a hospital-based retrospective study
J Akpalu, J Tetteh, M Reynolds, Y Atiase, E Yorke
2024 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 6 (2), 951-959, 2024 Health Sciences 0
Perspectives of diabetes patients in improving diabetes care in Ghana: a nationwide quantitative descriptive study
E Yorke, J Akpalu, Y Atiase
2024 East African Medical Journal 101 (10), 7498-7508, 2024 Health Sciences 0
A multi-centre investigation of macrovascular and non-ocular microvascular complications in children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus in southern Ghana
J Akpalu, VA Essuman, WM Amoaku, B Abaidoo, A Essuman, ...
2023 Ghana medical journal 57 (2), 87, 2023 Health Sciences 0
CASE REPORT: Parathyroid Hormone Resistance: An Uncommon Cause of Hypocalcaemia in an Adult Ghanaian Female: West Afr J Med. 2023 October; 40 (10): 1131-1134 PMID: 37906970
J Akpalu, C Ampong, JG Adiiboka, E Nikoi, Y Atiase, E Yorke
2023 West Africa Journal of Medicine 40 (10), 1131-1134, 2023 Health Sciences 0
Management of recurrent pheochromocytoma in pregnancy in a young Ghanaian
J Akpalu, C Ampong, Y Atiase, E Yorke, C Takyi, J Coleman, EO Darkwa, ...
2022 Ghana medical journal 56 (4), 340-344, 2022 Social Sciences 0
Radiotherapy for adults with pituitary adenoma or craniopharyngioma is associated with increased risk of second brain tumour: A multi-centre study of 3,613 patients with long …
R Hamblin, A Vardon, J Akpalu, M Tampourlou, I Spiliotis, E Sbardella, ...
2022 Endocrine Abstracts 81, 2022 Health Sciences 0
Risk of second brain tumour after radiotherapy for pituitary adenoma or craniopharyngioma
R Hamblin, A Vardon, J Akpalu, M Tampourlou, I Spiliotis, E Sbardella, ...
2022 Health Sciences 0
Diverse clinical manifestations of the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19)
J Akpalu
2021 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 2 (2), 222-222, 2021 Health Sciences 0
Is radiotherapy for pituitary adenoma or craniopharyngioma associated with increased risk of second brain tumour? A long-term multi-centre study of 3,679 patients
R Hamblin, A Vardon, J Akpalu, M Tampourlou, I Spiliotis, E Sbardella, ...
2021 Endocrine Abstracts 77, 2021 Health Sciences 0
Morbidity and complications of diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Ghana: study design and rationale (Preprint)
C Hayfron‐Benjamin, W Amoaku, IDB Ofori-Adjei, A Essuman, AH Sackey, ...
2020 Health Sciences 0
Steroid-induced dysglycaemia in patients with haematological disorders a ten-year review in a tertiary hospital in Ghana
YA Dei-Adomakoh, J Akpalu, AE Yawson, I Ekem, M Reynolds, Y Atiase
2019 Ghana Medical Journal 53 (2), 156-162, 2019 Health Sciences 0
Research Article Examination of Dysglycaemia among Newly Diagnosed Tuberculosis Patients in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study
E Yorke, V Boima, ID Dey, Y Atiase, J Akpalu, AE Yawson, V Ganu, ...
2018 Health Sciences 0
Exploring Overlaps between the Genomic and Environmental Determinants of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Stroke among Africans
A Adeoye, B Ovbiagele, P Kolo, L Appiah, A Aje, O Adebayo, F Sarfo, ...
2017 Global heart 12 (2), 107, 2017 Health Sciences 0
Visual Impairment in Ghanaian Patients with Brain Tumours, Factors Affecting This and Their Prognostic Significance
NN Tagoe, VA Essuman, G Fordjuor, J Akpalu, P Bankah, TA Ndanu
2017 Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 6 (1), 2-6, 2017 Health Sciences 0
Response to NB Andrews
NN Tagoe, VA Essuman, G Fordjuor, J Akpalu, P Bankah, TA Ndanu
2016 Ghana Medical Journal 50 (1), 60, 2016 Health Sciences 0
Morbidity and complications of diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Ghana: study design and rationale
VA Essuman, NN Tagoe, J Akpalu, A Essuman, AH Sackey, ...
1900 Health Sciences 0
Patient-and Health Facility-Level Determinants of Stroke Fatality Across 15 Large Hospitals in Ghana & Nigeria
FS Sarfo, A Onoja, B Ovbiagele, A Akpalu, K Wahab, R Obiako, ...
1900 Health Sciences 0