Detection of cerebral vasculopathy in sickle cell disease using transcranial Doppler ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. Case report.
Open Access
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 19 (4) , 518-520
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.19.4.518
Abstract
We describe a case of homozygous sickle cell anemia in which noninvasive transcranial Doppler ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging were used to detect angiographically documented occlusive lesions of intracranial arteries.Keywords
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