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Approximately 40 000 children with sickle cell anemia require screening with TCD and treating with hydroxyurea for stroke prevention in three states in northern Nigeria.
- Source :
-
American journal of hematology [Am J Hematol] 2019 Nov; Vol. 94 (11), pp. E305-E307. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 11. - Publication Year :
- 2019
- Subjects :
- Anemia, Sickle Cell drug therapy
Anemia, Sickle Cell epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Mass Screening methods
Nigeria epidemiology
Stroke diagnostic imaging
Stroke epidemiology
Stroke etiology
Anemia, Sickle Cell complications
Antisickling Agents therapeutic use
Hydroxyurea therapeutic use
Mass Screening organization & administration
Stroke prevention & control
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1096-8652
- Volume :
- 94
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of hematology
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- 31423630
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.25616