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Table 3 Frequency distribution of vaso-occlusive syndrome types

From: Transcranial doppler as screening method for sickling crises in children with sickle cell anemia: a latin America cohort study

Episodes of Sickling Crises

N (%)

Splenic infarction

1 (2.4%)

Bone infarction

5 (11.9%)

By infection

13 (31.0%)

Priapism

1 (2.4%)

Pain syndrome

1 (2.4%)

Splenic sequestration

2 (4.8%)

Hepatic sequestration

1 (2.4%)

Acute chest syndrome

18 (42.9%)

Stroke

0 (0.0%)

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