Controlled trial of transfusions for silent cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 699-710

  DeBaun, M R ^a   Gordon, M ^b   McKinstry, R C ^b   Noetzel, M J ^b   White, D A ^b   Sarnaik, S A ^c   Meier, E R ^d   Howard, T H ^f   Majumdar, S ^g   Inusa, B P D ^h   Telfer, P T ⁱ   Kirby Allen, M ^k   McCavit, T L ^l   Kamdem, A ^m   Airewele, G ⁿ   Woods, G M ^o   Berman, B ^p   Panepinto, J A ^s   Fuh, B R ^t   Kwiatkowski, J L ^w,x   King, A A ^b   Fixler, J M ^y   Rhodes, M M ^q   Thompson, A A ^ac   Heiny, M E ^ad   Redding Lallinger, R C ^u   Kirkham, F J ^j   Dixon, N ^v   Gonzalez, C E ^e   Kalinyak, K A ^r   Quinn, C T ^r   Strouse, J J ^z   Miller, J P ^b   Lehmann, H ^aa   Kraut, M A ^z   Ball Jr , W S ^r   Hirtz, D ^ab   Casella, J F ^z   more..

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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

^m CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

ⁿ BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^s MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^t EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^v WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^w CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^y SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^z JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^aa JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^ab NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^ac NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84907010836     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1401731     Document Type: Article

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