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ArticleBMJ case reports2014

Moyamoya syndrome in sickle cell anaemia: a cause of recurrent stroke.

Deanne Soares, Richard Bullock, Susanna Ali

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Deanne SoaresDepartments of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Radiology Section, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Richard BullockDepartments of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Radiology Section, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Susanna AliSickle Cell Unit, TMRI, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
University of the West Indies · JM

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Summary We report a case with interesting imaging findings as well as an unfortunate but not unexpected clinical outcome. Our patient, an 8-year-old Jamaican boy of Afro-Caribbean descent with homozygous sickle cell disease, presented with left-sided upper limb weakness. He had a history of recurrent cerebrovascular accidents and transient ischaemic attacks beginning at 4 years of age. MRI revealed old bilateral infarctions and the ivy sign on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences. MR angiography demonstrated numerous collaterals, most apparently arising from the left internal carotid, consistent with moyamoya syndrome. The patient had a full recovery and remained well for almost 2 years when he suffered another stroke.

Indexed as

Anemia, Sickle CellCerebral AngiographyChildDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMaleMoyamoya DiseaseRecurrenceStrokeSyndromeTomography, X-Ray Computed

Identifiers

PMID25178886
PMCPMC4158242
OpenAlexW2000947108

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