PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hoyle, Brian
ED  - DeBaun, Michael R.
ED  - Hebbel, Robert
TI  - Advances and Challenges in Sickle Cell Anemia
DP  - 2014  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 2--3
VI  - 14
IP  - 55
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/55/2.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/55/2.full
AB  - Sickle cell disease can lead to stroke, which affects about 40% of those with the disease by mid-adolescence. The cognitive damage can lessen IQ and diminish quality of life. Research is leading to helpful strategies, and has also revealed details of the arterial accumulation of the affected red blood cells.