Poor school and cognitive functioning with silent cerebral infarcts and sickle cell disease

Authors
Schatz, J Brown, RT Pascual, JM Hsu, L DeBaun, MR
Citation
J. Schatz et al., Poor school and cognitive functioning with silent cerebral infarcts and sickle cell disease, NEUROLOGY, 56(8), 2001, pp. 1109-1111
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
00283878 → ACNP
Volume
56
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1109 - 1111
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(20010424)56:8<1109:PSACFW>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The authors evaluated education attainment and neuro-psychological deficits in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and silent cerebral infarcts. C hildren with silent infarcts had twice the rate of school difficulties as c hildren without infarcts. Eighty percent of silent infarct cases had clinic ally significant cognitive deficits, whereas 35% had deficits in academic s kills. Children with silent cerebral infarcts show high rates of poor educa tional attainment, cognitive deficits, and frontal lobe injury. Poor school performance in SCD is one indicator of silent infarcts.