Covert brain ischaemia in splenectomised adults with thalassemia intermedia: An emerging entity

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 652-653

  Taher, Ali T ^a   Musallam, Khaled M ^a   Nasreddine, Wassim ^b   Beydoun, Ahmad ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; LEBANON; PLATELET COUNT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 77956626199     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-03-0200     Document Type: Letter

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