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DeBaun MR, Armstrong FD, McKinstry RC, Ware RE, Vichinsky E, Kirkham FJ. Silent cerebral infarcts: a review on a prevalent and progressive cause of neurologic injury in sickle cell anemia. Blood 2012; 119:4587-96. [PMID: 22354000 PMCID: PMC3367871 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-02-272682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Silent cerebral infarct (SCI) is the most common form of neurologic disease in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA). SCI is defined as abnormal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain in the setting of a normal neurologic examination without a history or physical findings associated with an overt stroke. SCI occurs in 27% of this population before their sixth, and 37% by their 14th birthdays. In adults with SCA, the clinical history of SCI is poorly defined, although recent evidence suggests that they too may have ongoing risk of progressive injury. Risk factors for SCI include male sex, lower baseline hemoglobin concentration, higher baseline systolic blood pressure, and previous seizures. Specific morbidity associated with SCI includes a decrement in general intellectual abilities, poor academic achievement, progression to overt stroke, and progressive SCI. In addition, children with previous stroke continue to have both overt strokes and new SCI despite receiving regular blood transfusion therapy for secondary stroke prevention. Studies that only include overt stroke as a measure of CNS injury significantly underestimate the total cerebral injury burden in this population. In this review, we describe the epidemiology, natural history, morbidity, medical management, and potential therapeutic options for SCI in SCA.
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- Michael R DeBaun
- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Bourgeaux V, Aufradet E, Campion Y, De Souza G, Horand F, Bessaad A, Chevrier AM, Canet-Soulas E, Godfrin Y, Martin C. Efficacy of homologous inositol hexaphosphate-loaded red blood cells in sickle transgenic mice. Br J Haematol 2012; 157:357-69. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2012.09077.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2011] [Accepted: 01/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- EA 647 Centre de Recherche et d'Innovation sur le Sport; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Villeurbanne; France
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- EA 647 Centre de Recherche et d'Innovation sur le Sport; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Villeurbanne; France
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- EA 647 Centre de Recherche et d'Innovation sur le Sport; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Villeurbanne; France
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- INSERM U1060, Laboratoire CarMeN et CENS; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Villeurbanne; France
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- EA 647 Centre de Recherche et d'Innovation sur le Sport; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Villeurbanne; France
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Zou P, Helton KJ, Smeltzer M, Li CS, Conklin HM, Gajjar A, Wang WC, Ware RE, Ogg RJ. Hemodynamic responses to visual stimulation in children with sickle cell anemia. Brain Imaging Behav 2012; 5:295-306. [PMID: 21881848 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-011-9133-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) and cerebral blood flow (CBF)-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) were used to measure primary visual cortex responses to photic stimulation in 23 children (12.4 ± 0.7 years old) with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and 21 clinical controls (11 ± 1.0 years old). The objectives were to investigate the effect of SCA on detection of brain activation with fMRI and to explore the relationship between fMRI responses and global cognitive function. The BOLD responses were diminished in children with SCA. Clinical indicators of disease severity were greatest in patients without detectable visual cortex activation, but blood hemoglobin concentration and resting CBF were not predictive of BOLD signal amplitude in the SCA patients. Unexpectedly, the BOLD signal amplitude was positively associated (r(s) ≥ 0.8, p ≤ 0.05) with Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence scores, suggesting that fMRI may help clarify medical, hemodynamic, and neural factors that mediate adverse effects of SCA on neurocognitive function.
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- Ping Zou
- Department of Radiological Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, MS 220, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Kossorotoff M. Cognitive decline in moyamoya: influence of chronic cerebral hypoxia, history of stroke, or comorbid conditions? Dev Med Child Neurol 2012; 54:5-6. [PMID: 22171927 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04159.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Rogers VE, Marcus CL, Jawad AF, Smith-Whitley K, Ohene-Frempong K, Bowdre C, Allen J, Arens R, Mason TBA. Periodic limb movements and disrupted sleep in children with sickle cell disease. Sleep 2011; 34:899-908. [PMID: 21731140 DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES To describe the rate, distribution and correlates of periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). DESIGN Prospective, cross-sectional. SETTING Hospital-based sleep laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-four children aged 2-18 years with SCD, hemoglobin SS-type who had an overnight polysomnogram and a parent-completed Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire. Mean age was 8.4 years (SD 4.8); 50% were male. INTERVENTIONS N/A. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS The mean PLMS index was 3.7 (6.6) and ranged from 0 to 31.8, with 23.4% of the sample having PLMS ≥ 5/h. Sleep efficiency was decreased (P = 0.03), and the total arousal index (P = 0.003) and PLMS arousal index (P < 0.001) were increased in children with PLMS ≥ 5/h compared to those with PLMS < 5/h. PLMS were most frequent in NREM stage 2 sleep and during the fourth hour of sleep. Inter-movement interval duration peaked at 25-30 s. "Growing pains worst in bed" or "restlessness of the legs", suggesting restless legs syndrome (RLS), were reported in 12.5% of the total sample and were more common in children with elevated PLMS. A PLMS score for identifying elevated PLMS in children, based on items from the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire, did not significantly predict PLMS ≥ 5/h. CONCLUSIONS Elevated PLMS are common in children with SCD and are associated with sleep disruption and symptoms of RLS. Future research into the time structure of PLMS, their causes and consequences, and development of a disease-specific sleep disorders screening questionnaire, is needed in children with SCD.
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Aygun B, Parker J, Freeman MB, Stephens AL, Smeltzer MP, Wu S, Hankins JS, Wang WC. Neurocognitive screening with the Brigance preschool screen-II in 3-year-old children with sickle cell disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2011; 56:620-4. [PMID: 21298749 PMCID: PMC4521412 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2010] [Accepted: 08/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neurocognitive deficits have been described in school age children with sickle cell disease (SCD), even in the absence of stroke or silent infarcts. However, the age of onset and factors contributing to this problem have not been well studied. We hypothesized that in children with SCD the failure rate with Brigance screening would be higher than in the normal population. METHODS We reviewed retrospectively the Brigance Preschool Screen-II test results in 3-year-old children with SCD. Findings were correlated with hemoglobinopathy genotype, hemoglobin level, transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) velocities, and treatment with hydroxyurea, as well as with psychosocial factors. RESULTS Eighty-eight children with SCD followed by the St. Jude Sickle Cell Center (mean age 3.5 years) had neurocognitive screening during their regular clinic visits. Forty-four (50%) children had scores below the normal cut-off value for their age (twice the national failure rate of 25%). Failures were associated with less parental education (P = 0.005 for maternal and P = 0.03 for paternal education levels) and with speech deficits (P = 0.01), but were not associated with sickle cell genotype or hemoglobin concentration. CONCLUSION These preliminary data suggest that psychosocial factors may have more profound effects on early childhood development than disease-related factors in this group of young sickle cell patients. A larger prospective study with appropriate controls is warranted to validate these findings, which have implications for the etiology and prevention of neurocognitive decline in children with SCD.
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- Banu Aygun
- Department of Hematology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-3678, USA.
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN
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Sickle-cell disease is one of the most common severe monogenic disorders in the world. Haemoglobin polymerisation, leading to erythrocyte rigidity and vaso-occlusion, is central to the pathophysiology of this disease, although the importance of chronic anaemia, haemolysis, and vasculopathy has been established. Clinical management is basic and few treatments have a robust evidence base. One of the main problems of sickle-cell disease in children is the development of cerebrovascular disease and cognitive impairment, and the role of blood transfusion and hydroxycarbamide for prevention of these complications is starting to be understood. Recurrent episodes of vaso-occlusion and inflammation result in progressive damage to most organs, including the brain, kidneys, lungs, bones, and cardiovascular system, which becomes apparent with increasing age. Most people with sickle-cell disease live in Africa, where little is known about this disease; however, we do know that the disorder follows a more severe clinical course in Africa than for the rest of the world and that infectious diseases have a role in causing this increased severity of sickle-cell disease. More work is needed to develop effective treatments that specifically target pathophysiological changes and clinical complications of sickle-cell disease.
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- David C Rees
- Department of Paediatric Haematology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's College London, London, UK.
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Vichinsky EP, Neumayr LD, Gold JI, Weiner MW, Rule RR, Truran D, Kasten J, Eggleston B, Kesler K, McMahon L, Orringer EP, Harrington T, Kalinyak K, De Castro LM, Kutlar A, Rutherford CJ, Johnson C, Bessman JD, Jordan LB, Armstrong FD. Neuropsychological dysfunction and neuroimaging abnormalities in neurologically intact adults with sickle cell anemia. JAMA 2010; 303:1823-31. [PMID: 20460621 PMCID: PMC2892214 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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CONTEXT Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a chronic illness causing progressive deterioration in quality of life. Brain dysfunction may be the most important and least studied problem affecting individuals with this disease. OBJECTIVE To measure neurocognitive dysfunction in neurologically asymptomatic adults with SCA vs healthy control individuals. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional study comparing neuropsychological function and neuroimaging findings in neurologically asymptomatic adults with SCA and controls from 12 SCA centers, conducted between December 2004 and May 2008. Participants were patients with SCA (hemoglobin [Hb] SS and hemoglobin level < or = 10 mg/dL) aged 19 to 55 years and of African descent (n = 149) or community controls (Hb AA and normal hemoglobin level) (n = 47). Participants were stratified on age, sex, and education. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outcome measure was nonverbal function assessed by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS-III) Performance IQ Index. Secondary exploratory outcomes included performance on neurocognitive tests of executive function, memory, attention, and language and magnetic resonance imaging measurement of total intracranial and hippocampal volume, cortical gray and white matter, and lacunae. RESULTS The mean WAIS-III Performance IQ score of patients with SCA was significantly lower than that of controls (adjusted mean, 86.69 for patients with SCA vs 95.19 for controls [mean difference, -5.50; 95% confidence interval {CI}, -9.55 to -1.44]; P = .008), with 33% performing more than 1 SD (<85) below the population mean. Among secondary measures, differences were observed in adjusted mean values for global cognitive function (full-scale IQ) (90.47 for patients with SCA vs 95.66 for controls [mean difference, -5.19; 95% CI, -9.24 to -1.13]; P = .01), working memory (90.75 vs 95.25 [mean difference, -4.50; 95% CI, -8.55 to -0.45]; P = .03), processing speed (86.50 vs 97.95 [mean difference, -11.46; 95% CI, -15.51 to -7.40]; P < .001), and measures of executive function. Anemia was associated with poorer neurocognitive function in older patients. No differences in total gray matter or hippocampal volume were observed. Lacunae were more frequent in patients with SCA but not independently related to neurocognitive function. CONCLUSION Compared with healthy controls, adults with SCA had poorer cognitive performance, which was associated with anemia and age.
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- Elliott P Vichinsky
- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, 747 52nd St, Oakland, CA 94609, USA.
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Puffer ES, Schatz JC, Roberts CW. Relationships between Somatic Growth and Cognitive Functioning in Young Children with Sickle Cell Disease. J Pediatr Psychol 2009; 35:892-904. [DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsp124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Quinn CT, Variste J, Dowling MM. Haemoglobin oxygen saturation is a determinant of cerebral artery blood flow velocity in children with sickle cell anaemia. Br J Haematol 2009; 145:500-5. [PMID: 19344400 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07652.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Steady-state haemoglobin (Hb) desaturation is a common finding in sickle cell anaemia (Hb SS) that could predispose to stroke by limiting oxygen delivery to the brain. To determine its association with the risk of overt stroke, we examined the relationship between daytime Hb saturation measured by pulse oximetry (SpO(2)) and cerebral artery blood flow velocity measured by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD), an established risk factor for overt stroke in Hb SS. We studied 181 children using multivariate models to control for known determinants of TCD velocity, including age, haematocrit, and a measure of stenosis. We found that SpO(2) correlated significantly and inversely with TCD velocity in both the right and left middle cerebral arteries. Hb desaturation was associated with increased cerebral artery blood flow velocities and increased odds of abnormal TCD velocities, hence increased risk of stroke. About 5% of the variation in TCD velocity could be ascribed to Hb saturation while controlling for other determinants of TCD velocity. In conclusion, Hb saturation is a determinant of TCD velocity and a risk factor for stroke in children with Hb SS.
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- Charles T Quinn
- Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9063, USA.
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Edwards CL, Raynor RD, Feliu M, McDougald C, Johnson S, Schmechel D, Wood M, Bennett GG, Saurona P, Bonner M, Wellington C, DeCastro LM, Whitworth E, Abrams M, Logue P, Edwards L, Martinez S, Whitfield KE. Neuropsychological assessment, neuroimaging, and neuropsychiatric evaluation in pediatric and adult patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2007; 3:705-9. [PMID: 19300604 PMCID: PMC2656311 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Traditionally, neuropsychological deficits due to Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) have been understudied in adults. We have begun to suspect, however, that symptomatic and asymptomatic Cerebrovascular Events (CVE) may account for an alarming number of deficits in this population. In the current brief review, we critically evaluated the pediatric and adult literatures on the neurocognitive effects of SCD. We highlighted the studies that have been published on this topic and posit that early detection of CVE via neurocognitive testing, neuropsychiatric evaluations, and neuroimaging may significantly reduce adult cognitive and functional morbidities.
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- Christopher L Edwards
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
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Kirkham FJ. Therapy Insight: stroke risk and its management in patients with sickle cell disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 3:264-78. [PMID: 17479074 DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2006] [Accepted: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia, present with a wide variety of neurological syndromes, including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attacks, 'soft neurological signs', seizures, headache, coma, visual loss, altered mental status, cognitive difficulties, and covert or 'silent' infarction. Those with ischemic stroke usually have stenosis or occlusion of the distal internal carotid and proximal middle cerebral arteries. Indefinite transfusion prevents recurrence in most patients who have had a stroke, and can prevent first stroke in those with high transcranial Doppler velocities. High white cell count, low hemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin desaturation predict neurological complications. Other risk factors for overt ischemic stroke include hypertension, previous transient ischemic attack, covert infarction and chest crisis. For hemorrhagic stroke, aneurysms are common in adults but not children, who often present with hypertension after transfusion or corticosteroids. Seizures are particularly common in patients with cerebrovascular disease and covert infarction; the latter is also associated with hyposplenism and infrequent pain. Factors associated with cognitive difficulties include thrombocytosis, infarction, large-vessel disease, and perfusion abnormality on neuroimaging. As well as investigating the role of genes and the possibility that hydroxyurea or blood pressure control reduce neurological complications, we should explore the modifiable effects of poor nutrition, chronic infection, hemolysis and oxyhemoglobin desaturation on stroke risk.
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- Fenella J Kirkham
- Neurosciences Unit, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
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Armstrong FD. Neurodevelopment and chronic illness: Mechanisms of disease and treatment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 12:168-73. [PMID: 17061286 DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Successful treatment of many childhood diseases once considered terminal has resulted in the emergence of long-term effects of the disease or consequences of treatment that were previously unrecognized. Many of these long-term effects involve the central nervous system (CNS) and are developmental in the way that they emerge over time. Because we are now able to observe the natural history of childhood diseases such as sickle cell anemia or HIV, or the consequences of treatment of disease such as leukemia, brain tumors, or kidney disease, we are also able to study a number of biological mechanisms that result in long-term neurocognitive impairment. While some of the neurodevelopmental outcomes can be directly linked to structural damage of the CNS, other systems (e.g., hematologic, immunologic, pulmonary) appear to play crucial indirect roles in the development of the CNS and neurocognitive abilities because of the way that they affect the course of brain development and activity of the brain across time. Important interactions between acute disease factors, biological mechanisms, age at the time of disease or treatment effect, and disruptions in patterns of development after successful treatment or management all provide support for a neurodevelopmental model of childhood chronic illness. Testing this model may make it possible to more accurately predict the timing and degree of severity of long-term neurodevelopmental consequences, provide guidance for improved treatment and prevention, and offer better understanding of neurodevelopmental disruptions that occur in other non-chronic illness related disabilities.
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- F Daniel Armstrong
- Department of Pediatrics, Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA.
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