Brain Iron Content in Egyptian Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Impact on Neurocognitive Functions

Background:Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at a high risk for neurocognitive impairment which may be due to iron overload in brain tissue or hemoglobin polymerization and endothelial dysfunction.Primary objectivewas measuring brain iron content (using R2* values) in the caudate and thala...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Blood 2020-11, Vol.136 (Supplement 1), p.37-37
Hauptverfasser:	Elalfy, Mohsen Saleh, Smair, Ahmed, Samir, Ghada, Hussein, Hanaa, Mohammed, Hend, Ebeid, Fatma Soliman Elsayed
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Sprache:	eng
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