Abstract:Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) have a high risk for stroke with important neurological sequelae. Many authors have been pointing the neuropsychological impairment but not the motor and functional deficits.The aim of this study was to assess patients with and stroke comparing with patients with SCD without stroke.We pre-selected patients with ages ranging form 5 to 25 years and diagnosis of SCD and stroke for the experimental group (EG), and without stroke for the control group (CG). Overall, 15 patien… Show more
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