Cognitive Deficits and MRI in Sickle Cell Disease

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-3-10

Cognitive Deficits and MRI in Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 13 (1999): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 1999

Abstract

The risk of subtle brain abnormalities in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and their relationship to blood hematocrit was determined by prospective comparison of 50 patients and 52 controls studied at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-3-10 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 23 - 24

Published on: Mar 1, 1999

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Sickle Cell Disease,

Cognitive Deficits,

Subtle Brain Abnormalities

© 1999 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 13 (1999): Issue 3