Stroke News
Acute anemia ups risk of silent strokes in kids
A new study has suggested that severely anemic kids, especially those with sickle cell disease, are at a higher risk of having silent strokes.
One-quarter to one-third of children with sickle cell disease have evidence of silent strokes in their brains, said lead author Michael M. Dowling, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
"These are 5- to 10-year-old
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