Abstract
Two patients with homozygous beta thalassaemia complicated by cerebral thrombosis are reported. An alteration in coagulability due to a sudden increase in haematocrit and platelets was the probable cause in one patient. Although the other patient had many complications of thalassaemia, the cause for cerebral thrombosis was not identifiable.
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Senanayake, M.P., Lamabadusuriya, S.P. Cerebral thrombosis in beta-thalassaemia major. Indian J Pediatr 68, 1081–1082 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02722363
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