Role of positron emission tomography in determining the extent of cns ischemia in patients with sickle cell disease

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 268-272

  Reed, W ^a,c   Jagust, W ^b   Al Mateen, M ^d   Vichinsky, Elliott P ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Blood Centers of the Pacific   (United States)

^d Mary Bridge Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance Imaging; Positron emission tomography; Sickle cell disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032925675     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199904)60:4<268::AID-AJH3>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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