Subarachnoid hemorrhage in a young child with sickle cell disease: Is transcranial Doppler helpful? [5]

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1249-1250

  Ross, Christina S ^a   Hennessy, Jane M ^a   Nelson, Stephen C ^a  

^a Children's Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOSPASM;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 34249895339     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0198     Document Type: Letter

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