Use of hydroxyurea in prevention of stroke in children with sickle cell disease

Blood. 2008 Jan 15;111(2):963-4; author reply 964. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-08-102244.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / physiopathology*
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy
  • Antisickling Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Blood Flow Velocity / drug effects*
  • Blood Transfusion
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyurea / administration & dosage*
  • Male
  • Maximum Tolerated Dose
  • Middle Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Prospective Studies
  • Stroke / diagnostic imaging
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Stroke / physiopathology*
  • Stroke / prevention & control
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial*

Substances

  • Antisickling Agents
  • Hydroxyurea