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Stroke risk in siblings with sickle cell anemia.
Blood - 15 Mar 2003
Driscoll M Catherine, Hurlet Anne, Styles Lori, McKie Virgil, Files Beatrice, Olivieri Nancy, Pegelow Charles, Berman Brian, Drachtman Richard, Patel Kantilal, Brambilla Donald
Abstract excerpt
Cerebrovascular disease is a common cause of morbidity in sickle cell anemia (HbSS): approximately 10% of patients have a clinical stroke before 20 years of age, and another 22% have silent infarction on magnetic resonance imaging. The phenotypic variation among patients with HbSS suggests a role for modifier genes and/or environmental influences. To assess the familial component of clinical stroke in HbSS, we...
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