Silent brain infarcts are rare in Kuwaiti children with sickle cell disease and high Hb F

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 228-231

  Adekile, A D ^a   Yacoub, F ^b   Gupta, R ^a   Sinan, T ^a   Haider, M Z ^a   Habeeb, Y ^b   Al Bloushi, M ^b   Moosa, A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Brain infarct; Children; Hb F; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; TISSUE SECTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036088645     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10143     Document Type: Article

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