Sickle Cell Disease (Stroke Risk)

Special Ultrasound Can Determine which Patients Are At Risk

Published in Blood Weekly, December 13th, 1999

Children with sickle cell disease may benefit from being tested with a powerful, high-quality ultrasound to see if they have a common condition that puts them at risk for stroke, suggests a study presented at the 85th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), held November 28 - December 3, 1999, in Chicago, Illinois.

About 10 percent to 12 percent of children with sickle cell disease, which predominantly affects African Americans, have a narrowing in one or more arteries in the head and are at risk for developing a cerebral stroke if they're not treated. Treatment, however, involves giving the child monthly blood...

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