Stroke in patients with sickle cell disease: Clinical and neurological aspects

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-33

  De Oliveira, Carolina Camargo ^a   Ciasca, Sylvia Maria ^a   Moura Ribeiro, M Valeriana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neurological manifestations; Sickle cell anemia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUTH BREATHING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 42049118965     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000100008     Document Type: Article

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