Fulminant stroke in an adult patient with sickle cell anemia

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-69

  Vicari, Perla ^a   Silva, Gisele Sampaio ^a   Rosário Cavalheiro, Rita De Cassia ^a   Massaro, Ayrton Roberto ^a   Figueiredo, Maria Stella ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745627822     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092351     Document Type: Article

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