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Neurocognitive deficits in Egyptian sickle cell diseased children
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Abstract
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a blood disorder characterized by veno-occlusive crises which affect cognition. We studied 40 children with SCD aged from 6 to 22 years old. We assessed the neurological complications by history, examination and radiological tests using TCD, MRI and MRA. Cognitive ability was assesed using WISC and subtests of IQ. Impaired cognition increases with cases not receiving Hydroxyurea drug, SCD children with frequent crises, older children has SCD, SCD patients with lower hemoglobin and patients not receiving frequent blood transfusion