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PURPOSE To define the spectrum of abnormalities in sickle-cell disease, including
infarction, atrophy, and hemorrhage, that are identified by brain MR imaging. METHODS All …

• Objective.—Eight asymptomatic patients with sickle-cell disease (SCD) with magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities consistent with cerebral infarcts (group 1) and eight …

Conventional MRI (cMRI) has shown that brain abnormalities without clinical stroke can
manifest in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). We used quantitative MRI (qMRI) and …

PURPOSE: To determine prevalence of imaging abnormalities in the brain of children with
sickle cell disease (SCD) and to identify clinical and methodological factors that influence …

Sickle cell disease is a major cause of pediatric stroke. Understanding the disease that
affects the brain as infarctions, both clinically apparent and silent, requires an understanding …

Brain infarction is a well‐known but poorly understood complication of sickle cell disease.
Seventy‐three sickle cell disease patients underwent neurological examinations and high …

Nineteen patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) were examined with conventional MR
imaging (cMRI), including T1‐and T2‐weighted sequences and MR angiography (MRA) …

Stroke is a common complication of sickle cell disease. Using MR and CT, we studied 10
patients with sickle cell disease and a history of stroke and compared these findings with …

PURPOSE: To determine whether sickle cell trait (hemoglobin AS) is associated with
abnormalities in the brain of asymptomatic children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Magnetic …