Cognitive deficits associated with frontal-lobe infarction in children with sickle cell disease.

This study examined the cognitive manifestations of frontal-lobe infarction in a population of children with sickle cell disease (SCD). Forty-one patients with SCD underwent MRI. Five patients with stroke symptoms had large infarcts encroaching on the tissue of the frontal lobes. Four patients witho...

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Hauptverfasser: Watkins, K, Hewes, D, Connelly, A, Kendall, B, Kingsley, D, Evans, J, Gadian, D, Vargha-Khadem, F, Kirkham, F
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1998