Stroke Recurrence in Nigerian Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Evidence for a Secondary Stroke Prevention Trial.

Abdullahi SU, DeBaun MR, Jordan LC, Rodeghier M, Galadanci NA. Stroke Recurrence in Nigerian Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Evidence for a Secondary Stroke Prevention Trial. Pediatric neurology. 2019 Dec;95(95). 73-78. PMID: 30952488 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC6529264 NIHMSID: NIHMS1518926.

Abstract

To improve the quality of care for children with sickle cell anemia in Kano, Nigeria, we initiated a standard care protocol in 2014 to manage children with strokes at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.