To report the clinical and imaging findings in patients living in the Western Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where the Benin b-globin gene haplotype is prevalent.Our study population consists of 36 sickle cell disease patients (17 males, 19 females; age range, 1.6-35.6 years; mean age, 19.4 years) with suspected cerebrovascular complications. Major clinical presentations were as follows: stroke symptoms or history of stroke in 13 (36
作者:Mamdooh M, Kotb;Wahid H, Tantawi;Ayman A, Elsayed;Ghazi A, Damanhouri;Hussein M, Malibary
来源:Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) 2006 年 11卷 1期