Silent cerebral infarcts: A review on a prevalent and progressive cause of neurologic injury in sickle cell anemia

Blood

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 4587-4596

  DeBaun, Michael R ^a   Armstrong, F Daniel ^b   McKinstry, Robert C ^c   Ware, Russell E ^d   Vichinsky, Elliot ^e   Kirkham, Fenella J ^f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S; HYDROXYUREA;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; COGNITION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; STROKE;

EID: 84861211196     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-02-272682     Document Type: Review

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