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. 2024 Apr;99(4):797-799.
doi: 10.1002/ajh.27230. Epub 2024 Feb 7.

Transcranial doppler velocity in iron-deficient Nigerian children with sickle cell anemia

Shehu Umar Abdullahi  1 , Surayya Sunusi  2   3 , Hauwa Aminu  2 , Rashida Umar  2 , Mohammed Sani Abba  4 , Binta W Jibir  5 , Saifuddeen Sani  2 , Safiya Gambo  6 , Halima Bello-Manga  7 , Najibah A Galadanci  8 , Brittany Covert Greene  9 , Adetola A Kassim  10 , Lori C Jordan  11 , Muktar H Aliyu  12 , Mark Rodeghier  13 , Michael R DeBaun  9 , Emmanuel J Volanakis  14
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Transcranial doppler velocity in iron-deficient Nigerian children with sickle cell anemia

Shehu Umar Abdullahi et al. Am J Hematol. 2024 Apr.
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Abstract

Oral iron supplementation in iron deficient children with sickle cell anemia and normal transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) velocities does not reduce arterial flow in the middle cerebral artery.

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