Prevalence of stroke in children admitted with sickle cell anaemia to Mulago Hospital

BMC Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Munube, Deogratias ^a   Katabira, Elly ^a   Ndeezi, Grace ^a   Joloba, Moses ^a   Lhatoo, Samden ^b   Sajatovic, Martha ^b   Tumwine, James K ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Sickle cell anaemia; Stroke; Sub Saharan Africa; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UGANDAN; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; HOSPITALIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; UGANDA;

EID: 84988025789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-016-0704-2     Document Type: Article

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