The natural history of conditional transcranial Doppler flow velocities in children with sickle cell anaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-99

  Hankins, Jane S ^a   Fortner, Gail L ^a   McCarville, M Beth ^a   Smeltzer, Matthew P ^a   Wang, Winfred C ^a   Li, Chin Shang ^b   Ware, Russell E ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sickle cell disease; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 44649195866     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07167.x     Document Type: Review

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