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Silent cerebral infarction: Supply and demand

Blood
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-08-868075
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In this issue of Blood, Ford et al show that silent cerebral infarction (SCI) in sickle cell anemia occurs mainly in brain regions at the highest anatomic and hemodynamic vulnerability to ischemia, indicating that a tenuous and easily disrupted balance between oxygen supply and demand is the predominant cause of SCI.1.

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Quinn, C. T. (2018, October 18). Silent cerebral infarction: Supply and demand. Blood. American Society of Hematology. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2018-08-868075

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