Intra-individual variation in blood flow velocities in cerebral arteries of children with sickle cell disease

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 318-322

  Brambilla, Donald J ^a   Miller, Scott T ^b   Adams, Robert J ^c  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sickle cell disease; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ARTERY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 34547824201     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21142     Document Type: Article

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