Silent cerebral infarcts and cerebral aneurysms are prevalent in adults with sickle cell anemia

Blood

Volumn 127, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 2038-2040

  Kassim, Adetola A ^a   Pruthi, Sumit ^b   Day, Matthew ^b   Rodeghier, Mark ^c   Gindville, Melissa C ^b   Brodsky, Max A ^d   Debaun, Michael R ^a   Jordan, Lori C ^b  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Rodeghier Consultants   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SILENT CEREBRAL INFARCT; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965017488     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-01-694562     Document Type: Letter

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