title: Convulsion after blood transfusion in four beta-thalassemia intermedia patients.
abstract: Four children with beta-thalassemia intermedia ages 7 to 11 years developed a clinical picture characterized by headache, hypertension, convulsion, and cerebral hemorrhage after blood transfusion. Successive transfusions did not result in a similar picture. Factors responsible for this syndrome are discussed.
authors: Institute of Child Health, Department of Pediatric Hematology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Gürgey
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Kalayci
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Gümrük
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Cetin
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Altay
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013577:Syndrome; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*