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while only one child in the transfusion group suffered a cerebral_infarction.
and Blood Institute (NHLBI) announced today a treatment that reduces the rate of stroke (cerebral_infarction) in children with sickle_cell anemia. Strokes occur in approximately 10%of children
%reduced the rate of cerebral_infarction by 90%in children found to be_increased at risk by virtue of having elevated transcranial doppler velocities. The Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle_cell
%After one year, 10 of the children in the standard care group had_had a cerebral_infarction,