Abstract
We describe two Chinese patients with beta-thalassemia/hemoglobin E disease who developed cerebral infarction due to occlusion or stenosis of their extracranial carotid arteries. The roles of platelet abnormalities and other factors in this condition are discussed.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Brain / diagnostic imaging
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Carotid Arteries / diagnostic imaging
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Cerebral Angiography
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Cerebral Infarction / etiology
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Child
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Female
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Hemoglobin E* / genetics
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Hemoglobins, Abnormal* / genetics
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Heterozygote
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Humans
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Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / complications*
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Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
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Male
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Thalassemia / complications*
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Thalassemia / genetics
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Substances
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Hemoglobins, Abnormal
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Hemoglobin E