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Molecular characteristics of pediatric patients with sickle cell anemia and stroke.
American journal of hematology - 1 Jul 2001
Sarnaik S A, Ballas S K
Abstract excerpt
Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) are serious complications of sickle cell anemia (SS) in children. Factors that predispose children to this complication are not well established. In an effort to elucidate the risk factors associated with CVA in SS, we have determined the alpha-globin genotype and the beta(S) haplotype of children with this complication. Among 700 children with SS followed at Children's Hospital of...
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