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Cerebral thrombosis in beta-thalassaemia major
M P Senanayake1, S P Lamabadusuriya
1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, P.O. Box no 271, Kynsey Road, Colombo-8, Sri Lanka. paeds@sltuet.sl
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
|January 5, 2002
Abstract:
Two patients with homozygous beta thalassaemia complicated by cerebral thrombosis are reported. An alteration in coagulability due to a sudden increase in haematocrit and platelets was the probable cause in one patient. Although the other patient had many complications of thalassaemia, the cause for cerebral thrombosis was not identifiable.