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Autor:
Paul J. Nietert, Miguel R. Abboud, Deborah Disco, Lina B. Karam, Susan S. Baker, Joseph Laver, David N. Lewin, Robert D. Baker, Sherron M. Jackson, Virgil McKie
Publikováno v:
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 50:62-65
Chronic transfusions are effective in preventing stroke and other complications of sickle cell disease. The aim of this study was to determine whether serum ferritin levels correlated with liver iron content in sickle cell patients on chronic transfu
Autor:
Stephen H. Embury, Louis J. Elsas, Charles H. Pegelow, Abdullah Kutlar, Winfred C. Wang, Scott T. Miller, Elizabeth C. Wright, Catherine Driscoll, Virgil McKie, Lewis L. Hsu, Gerald M. Woods, Robert J. Adams, Anne Hurlet
Publikováno v:
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 25:622-628
Cerebrovascular complications of sickle cell disease (SCD) are common, but the risk factors remain unclear. The multicenter Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP) provided an opportunity to examine alpha thalassemia-2 as a modifying ris
Autor:
Charles H. Pegelow, Lori Styles, Donald Brambilla, Anne Hurlet, Brian Berman, Kantilal Patel, M. Catherine Driscoll, Virgil McKie, Beatrice Files, Nancy F. Olivieri, Richard A. Drachtman
Publikováno v:
Blood. 101:2401-2404
Cerebrovascular disease is a common cause of morbidity in sickle cell anemia (HbSS): approximately 10% of patients have a clinical stroke before 20 years of age, and another 22% have silent infarction on magnetic resonance imaging. The phenotypic var
Publikováno v:
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 24:585-588
Stroke is the most common neurologic complication of sickle cell disease. Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a known risk factor for stroke in this population. Two patients (a 12-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl) developed acute change of mental status
Autor:
Elliott P. Vichinsky, Lynne D. Neumayr, Ann N. Earles, Roger Williams, Evelyne T. Lennette, Deborah Dean, Bruce Nickerson, Eugene Orringer, Virgil McKie, Rita Bellevue, Charles Daeschner, Miguel Abboud, Mark Moncino, Samir Ballas, Russell Ware, Elizabeth A. Manci
Publikováno v:
New England Journal of Medicine. 342:1855-1865
Background The acute chest syndrome is the leading cause of death among patients with sickle cell disease. Since its cause is largely unknown, therapy is supportive. Pilot studies with improved diagnostic techniques suggest that infection and fat emb
Autor:
Gerald M. Woods, Charles H. Pegelow, Virgil McKie, Miguel R. Abboud, Robert A. Zimmerman, Nancy F. Olivieri, Abdullah Kutlar, Charles D. Scher, Scott T. Miller, Brian Berman, Elizabeth C. Wright, Myron A. Waclawiw, Duane Bonds, E. S. Roach, Dianne Gallagher, Catherine Driscoll, Winfred C. Wang, Beatrice Files, Fenwick T. Nichols, Donald Brambilla, Elizabeth Carl, Lewis L. Hsu, Robert J. Adams, Anne Hurlet, E. Vichinsky
Publikováno v:
New England Journal of Medicine. 339:1478-1481
Autor:
J. B. Wilson, Ferdane Kutlar, Anne Marie McMorrow Tuohy, Hernan Sabio, Virgil McKie, Abdullah Kutlar
Publikováno v:
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 20:570-573
Purpose To present the occurrence of Hb Hammersmith as a de novo mutation in African-American twins with multiple congenital anomalies. Methods Standard hematologic methods were used. The presence of an unstable Hb variant was confirmed by brilliant
Publikováno v:
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 19:455-458
PURPOSE: The purpose of this report is to describe the clinical and pathologic features of a patient with acute thrombosis of both internal carotid arteries leading to death. METHODS: This is a case report of special interest because of extensive bra
Autor:
Abdullah Kutlar, Virgil McKie, Stephen H. Embury, Henry A. Erlich, Pranee Sutcharitchan, Titus H.J. Huisman, R. Saiki
Publikováno v:
Blood. 86:1580-1585
DNA-based diagnosis of the beta thalassemias provides accuracy to newborn screening genetic counseling, and prenatal diagnosis. However, the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods is challenged by the great number of different-beta-thal
Autor:
Charles H. Pegelow, Miguel R. Abboud, Donald Brambilla, Winfred C. Wang, Brian Berman, Robert J. Adams, Scott T. Miller, Nancy F. Olivieri, Elliott Vichinsky, Virgil McKie
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Pediatrics. 126:896-899
Objective: To determine the effect of a transfusion program on risk of stroke recurrence in children with sickle cell disease. Design: The clinical course and experience with transfusion therapy at eight centers were reviewed for subjects whose initi