PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D Sinniah
AU  - V Vignaendra
AU  - K Ahmad
TI  - Neurological complications of beta-thalassaemia major.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.52.12.977
DP  - 1977 Dec 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 977--979
VI  - 52
IP  - 12
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/52/12/977.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/52/12/977.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1977 Dec 01; 52
AB  - Neurological complications in beta-thalassaemia major are uncommon, with cerebral ischaemic episodes related to severe anaemia or convulsions as the most usual manifestations. Two such cases of children of 6 and 8 years are reported. Cerebral venous infarction is advanced as the probable cause of the symptoms. Caution should be exercised in giving rapid, large blood transfusions to thalassaemic patients adapted to long-standing severe anaemia.