Adverse neurological outcomes in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 710-718

  Lagunju, I A ^a,b   Brown, B J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Complications; Neurological; Sickle cell disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYUREA; OXYGEN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; STATISTICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NIGERIA; PARAPLEGIA; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; SEIZURES; STROKE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84875271451     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: 18653774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-012-1204-9     Document Type: Article

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