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Brain volume in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease: evidence of volumetric growth delay?
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 1 Mar 2005
Steen R Grant, Emudianughe Temitope, Hunte Michael, Glass John, Wu Shengjie, Xiong Xiaoping, Reddick Wilburn E
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Despite the large body of data available about somatic growth delay in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), virtually nothing is known about the effect of the disease on volumetric growth of the brain. This study was designed to test a hypothesis that children with SCD have a disease-related delay in brain volumetric growth compared with healthy children. METHODS: A cross-sectional...
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