Open AccessIntracranial Aneurysms in Sickle-Cell Disease Are Associated With the Hemoglobin SS Genotype But Not With Moyamoya Syndrome
Author(s) -
Peter Birkeland,
Kate Gardner,
Rachel KesseAdu,
John A. Davies,
Jens Lauritsen,
Frantz Rom Poulsen,
Christos Tolias,
Swee Lay Thein
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.116.012664
Subject(s) - medicine , moyamoya disease , genotype , disease , sickle cell anemia , hemoglobinopathy , stroke (engine) , cardiology , genetics , gene , mechanical engineering , engineering , biology
Intracranial aneurysms and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage may occur more frequently in sickle-cell disease (SCD), and this could be related to the sickle genotype and moyamoya syndrome seen in SCD.
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