Efforts to Reduce Stroke in Kids With Sickle Cell Working: Study
Quick ReadUltrasound screening, regular blood transfusions have helped reduce strokes in those with the blood disorder
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Greater use of certain types of treatments for kids with sickle cell anemia may explain why black children's risk of ischemic stroke dropped significantly between 1999 and 2007, new research finds.
The disparity in stroke-related deaths between black and white children also fell during that period.
Prior to 1998, black children were 74 percent more likely to die of ischemic stroke than...
