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Acute anemia linked to silent strokes in children

February 13, 2011 by

Silent strokes, which have no immediate symptoms but could cause long-term cognitive and learning deficits, occur in a significant number of severely anemic children, especially those with sickle cell disease, according to newly presented research.

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