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BLOOD
Volume 112, Issue 10, Pages 4314-4317Publisher
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-03-143891
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Stroke is predicted by abnormally high cerebral velocities by transcranial doppler (TCD). This study aimed at defining predictive factors for abnormally high velocities (>= 2 m/sec) based on the Creteil pediatric sickle cell anemia (SCA) cohort composed of 373 stroke-free SCA children. alpha genes and beta-globin haplotypes were determined. Biologic parameters were obtained at baseline. alpha-thalassemia was present in 155 of 325 and G6PD deficiency in 36 of 325 evaluated patients. TCD was abnormal in 62 of 373 patients. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that G6PD deficiency (odds ratio [OR] = 3.36, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.10-10.33; P = .034), absence of alphathalassemia (OR = 6.45, 95% CI 2.2118.87; P = .001), hemoglobin (OR per g/dL = 0.63, 95% CI 0.41-0.97; P = .038), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels (OR per IU/L = 1.001, 95% CI 1.000-1.002; P = .047) were independent risk factors for abnormally high velocities. This study confirms the protective effect of alphathalassemia and shows for the first time that G6PD deficiency and hemolysis independently increase the risk of cerebral vasculopathy. (Blood. 2008; 112: 4314-4317)
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