Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in siblings with sickle cell disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 932-937

  Kwiatkowski, Janet L ^a,b   Hunter, Jill V ^a   Smith Whitley, Kim ^a   Katz, Mira L ^a   Shults, Justine ^a   Ohene Frempong, Kwaku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Children; Sickle cell disease; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE; SIBLINGS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0038607018     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04276.x     Document Type: Article

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