Stroke in thalassemia: A dilemma

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-

  Taher, Ali ^a   Mehio, Ghassan ^a   Isma'eel, Hussain ^a   Cappellini, Maria Domenica ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; STROKE; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41449094655     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21117     Document Type: Letter

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