Ischemic stroke in a pediatric patient with very rare coexistence of sickle-cell/β-thalassemia and neurofibromatosis type 1

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, First Department of Pediatrics, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, Full Member of ERN GENTURIS and ERN EUROBLOODNET, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece.
³ Department of CT and MRI, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Pediatric Neurology Unit, First Department of Pediatrics, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Editorial

Kleoniki Roka et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023.

. 2023 Apr 14:e30364.

doi: 10.1002/pbc.30364. Online ahead of print.

¹ Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, First Department of Pediatrics, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, Full Member of ERN GENTURIS and ERN EUROBLOODNET, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece.
³ Department of CT and MRI, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Pediatric Neurology Unit, First Department of Pediatrics, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

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