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Catherine Segbefia

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF CHILD HEALTH
PaediatricsHaematologyOncology
Publications

110

Citations

1,073

H-index

15

i10-index

19

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
9.8
Most cited paper
211
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 09:32
Publications

110 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Pregnancy outcomes in women with sickle‐cell disease in low and high income countries: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
TK Boafor, E Olayemi, N Galadanci, C Hayfron‐Benjamin, ...
2016 BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 123 (5), 691-698, 2016 Health Sciences 211
A multinational trial of prasugrel for sickle cell vaso-occlusive events
MM Heeney, CC Hoppe, MR Abboud, B Inusa, J Kanter, B Ogutu, ...
2016 New England Journal of Medicine 374 (7), 625-635, 2016 Health Sciences 176
Structure-function relationships in pectin emulsification
FM Kpodo, JK Agbenorhevi, K Alba, IN Oduro, GA Morris, V Kontogiorgos
2018 Food biophysics 13 (1), 71-79, 2018 Health Sciences 112
Neonatal Jaundice: awareness, perception and preventive practices in expectant mothers
KH Amegan-Aho, CI Segbefia, NDO Glover, GA Ansa, TJ Afaa
2019 Ghana medical journal 53 (4), 267, 2019 Health Sciences 70
Implementing newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra: results and lessons learned
CI Segbefia, B Goka, J Welbeck, K Amegan‐Aho, D Dwuma‐Badu, S Rao, ...
2021 Pediatric Blood & Cancer 68 (7), e29068, 2021 Health Sciences 46
A study of the geographic distribution and associated risk factors of leg ulcers within an international cohort of sickle cell disease patients: the CASiRe group analysis
C Antwi-Boasiako, B Andemariam, R Colombatti, EV Asare, C Strunk, ...
2020 Annals of hematology 99 (9), 2073-2079, 2020 Health Sciences 44
An analysis of racial and ethnic backgrounds within the CASiRe international cohort of sickle cell disease patients: implications for disease phenotype and clinical research
AD Campbell, R Colombatti, B Andemariam, C Strunk, I Tartaglione, ...
2021 Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 8 (1), 99-106, 2021 Health Sciences 38
Changing pattern of childhood cancers at Korle Bu teaching hospital, Accra, Ghana
CI Segbefia, LA Renner, Y Dei-Adomakoh, J Welbeck
2013 Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 2 (2), 65-67, 2013 Health Sciences 27
Hydroxyurea for children and adults with hemoglobin SC disease
YA Dei-Adomakoh, CI Segbefia, TS Latham, AC Lane, K Dzefi-Tettey, ...
2025 NEJM evidence 4 (2), EVIDoa2400402, 2025 Health Sciences 26
Diagnosis patterns of sickle cell disease in Ghana: a secondary analysis
AM Sims, KO Bonsu, R Urbonya, F Farooq, F Tavernier, M Yamamoto, ...
2021 BMC Public Health 21 (1), 1719, 2021 Health Sciences 24
The BLOODSAFE program: building the future of access to safe blood in sub‐Saharan Africa
M Delaney, S Telke, S Zou, MJ Williams, JO Aridi, KE Rudd, JC Puyana, ...
2022 Transfusion 62 (11), 2282-2290, 2022 Health Sciences 23
Outcomes of haemoglobin Bart’s hydrops fetalis following intrauterine transfusion in Ontario, Canada
HJ Zhang, A Amid, LA Janzen, CI Segbefia, S Chen, U Athale, ...
2021 Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition 106 (1), 51-56, 2021 Health Sciences 22
Age of first pain crisis and associated complications in the CASiRe international sickle cell disease cohort
I Tartaglione, C Strunk, C Antwi-Boasiako, B Andemariam, R Colombatti, ...
2021 Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 88, 102531, 2021 Health Sciences 19
Multispectral imaging for MicroChip electrophoresis enables point-of-care newborn hemoglobin variant screening
R An, Y Huang, A Rocheleau, A Avanaki, P Thota, Q Zhang, Y Man, ...
2022 Heliyon 8 (12), 2022 Health Sciences 17
Global geographic differences in healthcare utilization for sickle cell disease pain crises in the CASiRe cohort
C Strunk, I Tartaglione, CM Piccone, R Colombatti, B Andemariam, ...
2021 Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 92, 102612, 2021 Health Sciences 16
The changing clinical pattern of endemic Burkitt lymphoma in Western Africa: experience from a tertiary center in Ghana
UT Offor, RK Akyea, JE Neequaye, LA Renner, CI Segbefia
2018 Pediatric blood & cancer 65 (10), e27275, 2018 Health Sciences 15
Second trimester anaemia in pregnant Ghanaians
Y Dei-Adomakoh, JK Acquaye, I Ekem, C Segbefia
2014 West African journal of medicine 33 (4), 229-233, 2014 Health Sciences 12
Short-term chemotherapy-related complications and undernutrition in children diagnosed with cancer at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana: A prospective cohort study
N Salifu, CI Segbefia, Y Alhassan, LA Renner, EMA Tette
2024 PLoS One 19 (3), e0301208, 2024 Health Sciences 10
Pain frequency and health care utilization patterns in women with sickle cell disease experiencing menstruation-associated pain crises
C Segbefia, J Campbell, I Tartaglione, EV Asare, B Andemariam, ...
2023 Journal of Women's Health 32 (12), 1284-1291, 2023 Health Sciences 10
Association between selected single nucleotide polymorphisms in globin and related genes and response to hydroxyurea therapy in Ghanaian children with sickle cell disease
GP Manu, C Segbefia, BB N’guessan, SA Coffie, GO Adjei
2022 Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine, 205-214, 2022 Health Sciences 9
S129: implementation of hydroxyurea therapy for sickle cell disease on a large scale in Ghana
K Ohene-Frempong, C Segbefia, J Spector, E Amoah, A Asubonteng, ...
2022 HemaSphere 6 (Suppl), 16, 2022 Health Sciences 9
Severity and features of epistaxis in children with a mucocutaneous bleeding disorder
E Stokhuijzen, CI Segbefia, TT Biss, DS Clark, PD James, J Riddel, ...
2018 The Journal of Pediatrics 193, 183-189. e2, 2018 Health Sciences 9
Sjögren's and plasma cell variant Castleman disease: a case report
YA Dei-Adomakoh, L Quarcoopome, AD Abrahams, CI Segbefia, DI Dey
2018 Ghana medical journal 52 (1), 61, 2018 Health Sciences 9
Baseline characteristics of Ghanaian children and adults enrolled in PIVOT, a randomised clinical trial of hydroxyurea in HbSC disease in sub‐Saharan Africa
CI Segbefia, LR Smart, SE Stuber, KN Amissah‐Arthur, K Dzefi‐Tettey, ...
2024 British journal of haematology 205 (6), 2470-2480, 2024 Health Sciences 8
Building capacity in sub-saharan africa to address sickle cell disease: the consortium on newborn screening in Africa (CONSA)
C Kiyaga, EE Ambrose, BO Awuonda, L Chirande, CM Chunda-Liyoka, ...
2024 Blood 144, 520, 2024 Health Sciences 8