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Discontinuing Prophylactic Transfusions Used to Preven Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease NEJM 353:2769-2778,2743, The Optimizing Primary Stroke Prevention in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP 2) Trial Investigators, 2005 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Discontinuation of transfusion for the prevention of stroke in children with sickle cell disease results in a high rate of reversion to abnormal blood-flow velocities on Doppler studies and stroke.

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