title: Frequency of silent cerebral ischemia in patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia major compared to healthy individuals.
authors.affiliation: Hematology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. karimim@sums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mehran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karimi
authors.affiliation: Hematology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Sezaneh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haghpanah
authors.affiliation: Medical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Parisa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pishdad
authors.affiliation: Medicine and Pediatrics, Presbyterian Hospital, New York Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Eliezer A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rachmilewitz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy