Interventions for preventing silent cerebral infarcts in people with sickle cell disease.
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To assess the effectiveness of red blood transfusions and hydroxyurea alone or in combination and HSCT to reduce or prevent SCI in people with SCD.
Haematology/Transfusion Medicine, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK.
Lise J
LJ
Estcourt
Systematic Review Initiative, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK.
Patricia M
PM
Fortin
Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Sally
S
Hopewell
Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Marialena
M
Trivella
Systematic Review Initiative, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK.
Carolyn
C
Doree
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Miguel R
MR
Abboud