Cognition and the Default Mode Network in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: A Resting State Functional MRI Study.

Cerebrovascular complications are frequent events in children with sickle cell disease, yet routinely used techniques such as Transcranial Doppler (TCD), Magnetic Resonance (MRI) and Angiography (MRA), insufficiently explain the cause of poor cognitive performances. Forty children with SS-Sβ° (mean...

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Main Authors: Raffaella Colombatti, Marta Lucchetta, Maria Montanaro, Patrizia Rampazzo, Mario Ermani, Giacomo Talenti, Claudio Baracchini, Angela Favero, Giuseppe Basso, Renzo Manara, Laura Sainati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4900543?pdf=render