Transcranial doppler ultrasonography in children with sickle cell anemia: Clinical and laboratory correlates for elevated blood flow velocities

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 89-95

  Lagunju, Ikeoluwa ^a,b   Sodeinde, Olugbemiro ^a,b   Brown, Biobele ^a,b   Akinbami, Felix ^b   Adedokun, Babatunde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Doppler; Sickle cell; Transcranial

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOPPLER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSCRANIAL;

ANEMIA; CHILDREN; DOPPLER; SICKLE CELL; TRANSCRANIAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84891834515     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22099     Document Type: Article

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