Moyamoya Disease Associated With Hemoglobin Fairfax and Beta-Thalassemia

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-132

  Marden, Franklin A ^a,b   Putman, Christopher M ^a,b   Grant, John M ^b   Greenberg, Jay ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL; ANGIOGRAPHY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; STROKE;

EID: 38149142739     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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