Prevalence of transcranial Doppler abnormalities in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 544-547

  Lagunju, Ikeoluwa ^a   Sodeinde, Olugbemiro ^a,b   Telfer, Paul ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHILD; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84859926301     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23152     Document Type: Letter

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