RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Neurological complications of beta-thalassaemia major.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 977
OP 979
DO 10.1136/adc.52.12.977
VO 52
IS 12
A1 D Sinniah
A1 V Vignaendra
A1 K Ahmad
YR 1977
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/52/12/977.abstract
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.