Inverse correlation between cerebral blood flow measured by continuous arterial spin-labeling (CASL) MRI and neurocognitive function in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA)

Blood

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 379-381

  Strouse, John J ^a   Cox, Christiane S ^b   Melhem, Elias R ^b   Lu, Hanzhang ^b   Kraut, Michael A ^b   Razumovsky, Alexander ^b   Yohay, Kaleb ^b   Van Zijl, Peter C ^b   Casella, James F ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPIN LABELING; STEADY STATE;

EID: 33745622409     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 00064971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-10-4029     Document Type: Article

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