NEJM - Transfusions for Silent Cerebral Infarcts in Sickle Cell Anemia

"Controlled Trial of Transfusions for Silent Cerebral Infarcts in Sickle Cell Anemia"

"CONCLUSIONS

Regular blood-transfusion therapy significantly reduced the incidence of the recurrence of cerebral infarct in children with sickle cell anemia. (Funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and others; Silent Cerebral Infarct Multi-Center Clinical Trial ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00072761, and Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN52713285.)"

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1401731