Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in adults with sickle cell disease

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 572-574

  Valadi, N ^a   Silva, G S ^b   Bowman, L S ^a   Ramsingh, D ^a   Vicari, P ^b   Filho, A C ^b   Massaro, A R ^b   Kutlar, A ^a   Nichols, F T ^a   Adams, R J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRAZIL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33747714519     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000230150.39429.8e     Document Type: Article

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