Chronic transfusion practices for prevention of primary stroke in children with sickle cell anemia and abnormal TCD velocities

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 428-430

  Aygun, Banu ^a   Wruck, Lisa M ^b   Schultz, William H ^c   Mueller, Brigitta U ^c   Brown, Clark ^d,m   Luchtman Jones, Lori ^e   Jackson, Sherron ^f   Iyer, Rathi ^g   Rogers, Zora R ^h,h   Sarnaik, Sharada ⁱ   Thompson, Alexis A ^j,j   Gauger, Cynthia ^k   Helms, Ronald W ^b   Ware, Russell E ^c   Mueller, Brigitta ^c   Dinu, Bogdan ^c   Viswanathan, Kusum ^l   Sommerville Brooks, Natalie ^l   Record, Betsy ^m   Heeney, Matthew ⁿ   Anderson, Meredith ⁿ   Kwiatkowski, Janet L ^o   Olson, Jeffrey ^o   Brown, Martha ^o   Krishnamurti, Lakshmanan ^p   McCollum, Regina ^p   Godder, Kamar ^q   Newlin, Jennifer ^q   Owen, William ^r   Nelson, Stephen ^r   Bianchi, Katie ^j   Brown, Sheronda ^e   Lee, Margaret ^s   Thornburg, Courtney ^t   Daeschner, Charles ^u   Brown, Cynthia ^u   Kuisel, Lisa ^f   Nagasubramanian, Ramamoorthy ^v   Berman, Brian ^w   DeBarr, Mary ^w   Singh, Sharon ^x   Farrell, Antonella ^x   Hansbury, Eileen ^a   Miller, Scott ^y   Rey, Kathy ^y   Odame, Isaac ^z   Parmar, Nagina ^z   Merelles Pulcinni, Manuella ^z   Adix, Leah ^h   Hilliard, Lee ^aa   Dumas, Jeanine ^aa   Neier, Michelle ^ab   Farias, Stephanie ^ab   Ofelia Alvarez, ^ac   Patrice Williams, ^ac   Walker, Mary T ^g   Imran, Hamayun ^ad   Durggin, Stephanie ^ad   Yang, Elizabeth ^ae   Murphy, Mary ⁱ   more..

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RHO INC   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

^l BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

ⁿ BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^p CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^q School of Medicine Children's Trauma Center Children's Hospital of Richmond   (United States)

^r CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^s Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^t DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^u University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina   (United States)

^v NEMOURS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^w CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^y SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^z HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^ae VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYUREA;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; VELOCITY;

EID: 84862778943     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23105     Document Type: Letter

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