Ectasia of the basilar artery in children with sickle cell disease: Relationship to hematocrit and psychometric measures

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-43

  Steen, R Grant ^a,b,c   Langston, James W ^a,b,c   Ogg, Robert J ^a,b,c   Manci, Elizabeth ^a,b,c   Mulhern, Raymond K ^a,b,c   Wang, Winfred ^a,b,c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Centralized Pathology Unit for Sickle Cell Disease   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery estasia; Magnetic resonance angiography; MRA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002460262     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3057(98)80019-0     Document Type: Article

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