[Neurological disorders in sickle-cell disease (author's transl)].
Neurological disorders may be, specially in children, the first and dramatic troubles giving notice of the hematological disease. These disorders, listed according to their frequency are: cerebral vascular thrombosis, epilepsy, bacterial meningitis, meningism, cerebral thrombo-phlebitis, disorders of cranial nerves, hydrocephalus related to a pachy meningitis. One must be cautious with transfusions. Paraclinical neurological tests have no specificity.
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000209:etiology; D009461:Neurologic Manifestations
Manifestations neurologiques des drépanocytoses.