Prevention of a First Stroke by Transfusions in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia and Abnormal Results on Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography

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Robert J. Adams

Virgil C. McKie · Augusta University Health

Lewis L. Hsu · Emory University

Beatrice Files · East Carolina University

Elliott Vichinsky · Children’s Institute

Charles Pegelow · University of Miami

Miguel R. Abboud · Medical University of South Carolina

Dympna Gallagher

Abstract

Transfusion greatly reduces the risk of a first stroke in children with sickle cell anemia who have abnormal results on transcranial Doppler ultrasonography.

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Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Acute Ischemic Stroke Management

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 339, Issue 1, pp. 5-11

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199807023390102

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Prevention of a First Stroke by Transfusions in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia and Abnormal Results on Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography

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