Efficacy of transfusion therapy for one to two years in patients with sickle cell disease and cerebrovascular accidents

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1980, Pages 205-208

  Wilimas, Judith ^a,b   Goff, John R ^a,b   Anderson Jr , H R ^a,b   Langston, James W ^a,b   Thompson, Elizabeth ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THERAPY;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0018888412     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(80)80803-1     Document Type: Article

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