Abstract:Introduction
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most prevalent and severe monogenic disorder due to a mutation in the b-globin gene, responsible for the production of an abnormal hemoglobin (HbS) which polymerizes under hypoxia.
Cerebral vasculopathy (CV) generally appearing during childhood, is responsible for ischemic stroke, making SCD the first etiology of stroke in children and young adults. To date, several biological and hemodynamical determinants have been identified in CV d… Show more
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