A simple index using age, hemoglobin, and aspartate transaminase predicts increased intracerebral blood velocity as measured by transcranial doppler scanning in children with sickle cell anemia

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Rees, David C ^a,c   Dick, Moira C ^a   Height, Sue E ^a   O'Driscoll, Sandra ^a   Pohl, Keith R E ^b   Goss, David E ^c   Deane, Colin R ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anemia; Pediatric; Sickle; Stroke; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BLOOD; BRAIN CIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 48949084046     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2771     Document Type: Article

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