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George Obeng Adjei

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Medical School - Professor of Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
DepartmentCENTRE FOR TROPICAL CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS SECRETARIAT
clinical trialsmalariasickle cell diseasemultimorbiditypharmacokinetics and pharmacogenomics
Publications

87

Citations

1,448

H-index

22

i10-index

35

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
16.6
Most cited paper
133
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2024
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 02:55
Publications

87 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Amodiaquine-artesunate vs artemether-lumefantrine for uncomplicated malaria in Ghanaian children: a randomized efficacy and safety trial with one year follow-up
GO Adjei, JAL Kurtzhals, OP Rodrigues, M Alifrangis, LCG Hoegberg, ...
2008 Malaria journal 7 (1), 127, 2008 Health Sciences 133
Plasma concentrations of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor are increased in patients with malaria and are associated with a poor clinical or a fatal outcome
SR Ostrowski, H Ullum, BQ Goka, G Høyer-Hansen, G Obeng-Adjei, ...
2005 The Journal of infectious diseases 191 (8), 1331-1341, 2005 Health Sciences 104
Bone marrow suppression and severe anaemia associated with persistent Plasmodium falciparum infection in African children with microscopically undetectable …
M Helleberg, BQ Goka, BD Akanmori, G Obeng-Adjei, O Rodriques, ...
2005 Malaria journal 4 (1), 56, 2005 Health Sciences 80
Effect of concomitant artesunate administration and cytochrome P4502C8 polymorphisms on the pharmacokinetics of amodiaquine in Ghanaian children with uncomplicated malaria
GO Adjei, K Kristensen, BQ Goka, LCG Hoegberg, M Alifrangis, ...
2008 Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 52 (12), 4400-4406, 2008 Health Sciences 69
Insights into deregulated TNF and IL-10 production in malaria: implications for understanding severe malarial anaemia
PS Boeuf, S Loizon, GA Awandare, JKA Tetteh, MM Addae, GO Adjei, ...
2012 Malaria Journal 11 (1), 253, 2012 Health Sciences 67
Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children-overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria
VA Essuman, CT Ntim-Amponsah, BS Astrup, GO Adjei, JAL Kurtzhals, ...
2010 Malaria Journal 9 (1), 232, 2010 Health Sciences 61
Prevalence of congenital malaria in high-risk Ghanaian newborns: a cross-sectional study
CC Enweronu-Laryea, GO Adjei, B Mensah, N Duah, NB Quashie
2013 Malaria Journal 12 (1), 17, 2013 Health Sciences 58
Clinical determinants of early parasitological response to ACTs in African patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a literature review and meta-analysis of individual …
WACTACTABS Group, ...
2015 BMC Med. 13, doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0445-x., 2015 Health Sciences 56
Levels of soluble CD163 and severity of malaria in children in Ghana
KA Kusi, BA Gyan, BQ Goka, D Dodoo, G Obeng-Adjei, ...
2008 Clinical and vaccine immunology 15 (9), 1456-1460, 2008 Health Sciences 54
Complement activation in Ghanaian children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria
GK Helegbe, BQ Goka, JAL Kurtzhals, MM Addae, E Ollaga, JKA Tetteh, ...
2007 Malaria journal 6 (1), 165, 2007 Health Sciences 49
Population pharmacokinetics of the antimalarial amodiaquine: a pooled analysis to optimize dosing
AM Ali, MA Penny, TA Smith, L Workman, P Sasi, GO Adjei, F Aweeka, ...
2018 Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 62 (10), 10.1128/aac. 02193-17, 2018 Health Sciences 44
High plasma levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 are associated with cerebral malaria
S Adukpo, KA Kusi, MF Ofori, JKA Tetteh, D Amoako-Sakyi, BQ Goka, ...
2013 PLoS One 8 (12), e84181, 2013 Health Sciences 42
Safety and effectiveness of antimalarial therapy in sickle cell disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
A Frimpong, LG Thiam, B Arko-Boham, EDA Owusu, GO Adjei
2018 BMC infectious diseases 18 (1), 650, 2018 Health Sciences 41
Profile of adverse events in patients receiving treatment for malaria in urban Ghana: a cohort-event monitoring study
ANO Dodoo, C Fogg, ET Nartey, GLC Ferreira, GO Adjei, W Kudzi, ...
2014 Drug safety 37 (6), 433-448, 2014 Health Sciences 38
Amodiaquine-associated adverse effects after inadvertent overdose and after a standard therapeutic dose
GO Adjei, BQ Goka, OP Rodrigues, LCG Høgberg, M Alifrangis, ...
2009 Ghana Medical Journal 43 (3), 135, 2009 Health Sciences 34
Diabetes self-management education interventions and self-management in low-resource settings; a mixed methods study
R Lamptey, M Amoakoh-Coleman, B Djobalar, DE Grobbee, GO Adjei, ...
2023 Plos one 18 (7), e0286974, 2023 Social Sciences 33
Electrocardiographic study in Ghanaian children with uncomplicated malaria, treated with artesunate-amodiaquine or artemether-lumefantrine
GO Adjei, C Oduro-Boatey, OP Rodrigues, LC Hoegberg, M Alifrangis, ...
2012 Malaria journal 11 (1), 420, 2012 Health Sciences 31
Artemether–lumefantrine: an oral antimalarial for uncomplicated malaria in children
GO Adjei, BQ Goka, F Binka, JAL Kurtzhals
2009 Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy 7 (6), 669-681, 2009 Health Sciences 31
A randomized trial of artesunate-amodiaquine versus artemether-lumefantrine in Ghanaian paediatric sickle cell and non-sickle cell disease patients with acute …
GO Adjei, BQ Goka, CC Enweronu-Laryea, OP Rodrigues, L Renner, ...
2014 Malaria journal 13 (1), 369, 2014 Health Sciences 30
Polymorphisms in the RNASE3 Gene Are Associated with Susceptibility to Cerebral Malaria in Ghanaian Children
B Adu, D Dodoo, S Adukpo, BA Gyan, PL Hedley, B Goka, GO Adjei, ...
2011 Plos one 6 (12), e29465, 2011 Health Sciences 30
Parents’ perceptions, attitudes and acceptability of treatment of childhood malaria with artemisinin combination therapies in Ghana
GO Adjei
2008 Ghana Medical Journal 42, 99, 2008 Health Sciences 30
Cerebral malaria is associated with low levels of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in African children
B Gyan, BQ Goka, GO Adjei, JKA Tetteh, KA Kusi, A Aikins, D Dodoo, ...
2009 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 80 (4), 541, 2009 Health Sciences 24
Change in glycaemic control with structured diabetes self-management education in urban low-resource settings: multicentre randomised trial of effectiveness
R Lamptey, M Amoakoh-Coleman, MM Barker, S Iddi, ...
2023 BMC Health Services Research 23 (1), 199, 2023 Social Sciences 21
Diagnostic capacity, and predictive values of rapid diagnostic tests for accurate diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum in febrile children in Asante-Akim, Ghana
IA Quakyi, GO Adjei, DJ Sullivan Jr, A Laar, JK Stephens, R Owusu, ...
2018 Malaria journal 17 (1), 468, 2018 Health Sciences 21
Diagnostic utility of procalcitonin versus C-reactive protein as markers for early-onset neonatal sepsis at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
SK Amponsah, GO Adjei, AM Sulley, J Woode, JAL Kurtzhals, ...
2017 Pan African Medical Journal 27 (1), 2017 Health Sciences 20