Will submandibular TCD prevent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia?

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 340-341

  Jordan, Lori C ^a   Strouse, John J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 68249159631     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b1221e     Document Type: Editorial

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