Sickle cell disease (SCD): neurological features
Evidence-based neurology checklist on sickle cell disease (scd): neurological features: Stroke: types Ischaemic: these account for 75% of strokes in SCD Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) Other haemorrhages Acute painful crisis Chronic pain Cerebral aneurysms Seizures:…
Stroke: types
- Ischaemic: these account for 75% of strokes in SCD
- Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH)
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
Other haemorrhages
Acute painful crisis
Chronic pain
Cerebral aneurysms
Seizures: risk factors
Other neurological features
References
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