Anemia and ischemia: how low can you go?
In this issue of Blood, Bernaudin et al have identified the rate of acute anemic events (AAEs) and extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis as risk factors for silent cerebral infarcts (SCIs) in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA).
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER;
Charles T
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2372-2175
CT
Quinn
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER.
Michael M
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-6589
MM
Dowling
D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications*; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male