Stroke associated with obstructive sleep apnea in a child with sickle cell anemia
Robertson, Patricia L.; Aldrich, Michael S.; Hanash, Samir M.; Goldstein, Gary W.
1988-06
Citation
Robertson, Patricia L.; Aldrich, Michael S.; Hanash, Samir M.; Goldstein, Gary W. (1988)."Stroke associated with obstructive sleep apnea in a child with sickle cell anemia." Annals of Neurology 23(6): 614-616. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/50325>
Abstract
We describe a child with sickle cell anemia and multiple ischemic infarctions who was found to have severe obstructive sleep apnea and hypoxemia, secondary to adenotonsillar enlargement. The apnea-associated hypoxemia likely contributed to the development of the strokes in this child. Moreover, because stroke in patients with sickle cell anemia, and maximal tonsillar enlargement (the most common cause of obstructive apnea in children) both have peak incidence at the same age (6–7 years), obstructive sleep apnea may be an important factor in the development of stroke in other children with sickle cell anemia.Publisher
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0364-5134 1531-8249
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PMID
3408243
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Article
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