Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Jun 2006)
Stroke Prevention Trials in Sickle Cell Anemia
Abstract
As part of an International Pediatric Stroke Study launched in 2002, the Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP) reports a reduction in the number of overt clinical strokes in children with critically high transcranial Doppler velocities (>200 cm/sec) who were regularly transfused.
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