NIH-funded study provides hope for children with disease-related brain damage
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2014. Regular blood transfusions prevent recurrent blockage of brain blood vessels, a serious neurological side effect that occurs in one third of children with sickle cell anemia, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings appear in the August 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
In the United States, approximately 100,000 people, primarily African-Americans,…
