Chronic transfusion practices for prevention of primary stroke in children with sickle cell anemia and abnormal TCD velocities

MeSH terms

• Anemia, Sickle Cell / blood
• Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
• Anemia, Sickle Cell / drug therapy
• Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy
• Autoantibodies / analysis
• Blood Flow Velocity*
• Cerebrovascular Circulation*
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Erythrocyte Transfusion / methods*
• Erythrocyte Transfusion / statistics & numerical data
• Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood / statistics & numerical data
• Female
• Hemoglobin, Sickle / analysis
• Hemoglobin, Sickle / immunology
• Humans
• Hydroxyurea / therapeutic use
• Isoantibodies / analysis
• Male
• Stroke / etiology
• Stroke / prevention & control*
• Thrombophilia / etiology
• Thrombophilia / therapy
• Time Factors
• Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial*