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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

111

Citations

1,122

H-index

15

i10-index

21

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
10.1
Most cited paper
218
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
6 Nov 2026, 12:16
Publications

111 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 218
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 181
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 115
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 72
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 49
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 39
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 29
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 29
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 25
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
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 23
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 20
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 19
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
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 12
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
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 11
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 10
Evaluation of treatment patterns, healthcare resource utilization and cost of illness for sickle cell disease in Ghana: a private medical insurance claims database study
K Marfo, Y Dei-Adomakoh, C Segbefia, D Dwomoh, A Edgal, N Ampah, ...
2023 BMC Health Services Research 23 (1), 1018, 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