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- Title
Stroke in sickle cell anaemia is more than stenosis and thrombosis: the role of anaemia and hyperemia in ischaemia.
- Authors
Dowling, Michael M.; Kirkham, Fenella J.
- Abstract
The article focuses on risk associated with sickle cell (SC) anaemia patients with proliferation of anaemia along with hyperemia conditions among patients. Topics discussed include occurrence of ischaemic lesions with neurological deficits; identification of stroke in lesions through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as silent cerebral infarction; observation of increment in cerebral blood flow (CBF) among SC patient; and examination of cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) with anaemia severity.
- Subjects
SICKLE cell anemia; STROKE; HYPEREMIA; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; CEREBRAL infarction; CEREBRAL circulation; PATIENTS
- Publication
British Journal of Haematology, 2017, Vol 176, Issue 2, p151
- ISSN
0007-1048
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1111/bjh.14422