TCD in sickle cell disease: An important and useful test

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-234

  Adams, Robert J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Pediatric cerebrovascular disease; Sickle cell disease; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LONG TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 15844431322     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-1409-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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