The occurrence of large cerebral infarctions due to sickle cell disease (SCD) has been known for many years, but it was not until 1988 that brain MRI documented 7 lesions consistent with subclinical infarction in 6 children with SCD who had experienced no prior signs or symptoms of stroke.(1) Five of these 6 children had T2 hyperintensity abnormalities located in border zone regions. Such lesions were eventually characterized as a silent cerebral infarction (SCI). The presence of SCIs predicts both future SCIs and overt stroke.(2</SUP)
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Timmers, H. T. Marc
Verrijzer, C. Peter
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Erasmus Univ, Dept Biochem, Med Ctr, POB 1738, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, NetherlandsGerman Canc Res Ctr, German Canc Consortium DKTK Partner Site Freiburg, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
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ZHU, CZ
NORRIS, JW
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