Screening for stroke in sickle cell anemia: Comparison of transcranial Doppler imaging and nonimaging US techniques

Radiology

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 709-714

  Neish, Ariane S ^a   Blews, David E ^a   Simms, Catherine A ^a   Merritt, Robert K ^a   Spinks, Alice J ^a  

^a C Hlth Care Atlanta Scottish Rite ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, infarction; Brain, US; Sickle cell disease (SS, SC); Ultrasound (US), comparative studies; Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036185982     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2223010524     Document Type: Article

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