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Internal Carotid Artery Septa in Sickle Cell Disease: Risk Factor for Stroke?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2014
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Sickle cell disease is a hemoglobinopathy occurring due to replacement of valine for glutamic acid at the sixth position of the beta globin chain. The altered hemoglobin structure makes it prone for polymerization during hypoxic and infective stress. Polymerization of the hemoglobin molecule leads to sickling of the red blood cells in the vessels causing thrombosisvasoocclusive crises. Although abdomen and extremities are more often involved, silent cerebral infarcts and stroke can occur in up to 25-29% of patients and is the major cause of morbidity and mortality.
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