Utilization of TCD screening for primary stroke prevention in children with sickle cell disease

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1316-1321

  Armstrong Wells, J ^a   Grimes, B ^b   Sidney, S ^c   Kronish, D ^d   Shiboski, S C ^b   Adams, R J ^e   Fullerton, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 65349103931     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a110da     Document Type: Article

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