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SUBMITTER: King AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4310566 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
King Allison A AA Strouse John J JJ Rodeghier Mark J MJ Compas Bruce E BE Casella James F JF McKinstry Robert C RC Noetzel Michael J MJ Quinn Charles T CT Ichord Rebecca R Dowling Michael M MM Miller J Philip JP Debaun Michael R MR
American journal of hematology 20140201 2
Children with sickle cell anemia have a high prevalence of silent cerebral infarcts (SCIs) that are associated with decreased full-scale intelligence quotient (FSIQ). While the educational attainment of parents is a known strong predictor of the cognitive development of children in general, the role of parental education in sickle cell anemia along with other factors that adversely affect cognitive function (anemia, cerebral infarcts) is not known. We tested the hypothesis that both the presence ...[more]