Transcranial doppler as screening method for sickling crises in children with sickle cell anemia: a latin America cohort study

• Main Authors: Gabriel Pinheiro Modolo (Author), Gustavo José Luvizutto (Author), Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho (Author), Gabriel Pereira Braga (Author), Silmeia Garcia Zanati Bazan (Author), Natalia Cristina Ferreira (Author), Juli Thomaz de Souza (Author), Fernanda Cristina Winckler (Author), Carlos Clayton Macedo de Freitas (Author), Newton Key Hokama (Author), Edison Iglesias de Oliveira Vidal (Author), Rodrigo Bazan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is the leading cause of childhood stroke. We aimed to evaluate whether altered cerebral flow velocities, as measured by transcranial Doppler (TCD), are associated with vaso-occlusive complications in addition to stroke in pediatric SCA patients. Methods W...