Stroke and Elevated Blood Flow Velocity in the Anterior Cerebral Artery in Sickle Cell Disease

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 323-326

  Kwiatkowski, Janet L ^a,b   Zimmerman, Robert ^a,b   Greenbaum, Barbara ^a,b   Ohene Frempong, Kwaku ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sickle cell disease; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 2442463170     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200405000-00014     Document Type: Article

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