Primary stroke prevention for sickle cell disease in north-east Italy: the role of ethnic issues in establishing a Transcranial Doppler screening program

BACKGROUND: Stroke is a serious complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) in children. Transcranic Doppler (TCD) is a well-established predictor of future cerebrovascular symptoms: a blood flow velocity >200 cm/sec in the Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) correlates with a high risk of stroke in cohor...

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Autores principales: Colombatti, Raffaella, Meneghetti, Giorgio, Ermani, Mario, Pierobon, Marta, Sainati, Laura
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19545422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-35-15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19545422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-35-15

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