Retinal changes in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease attending a paediatric hospital in Cairo, Egypt: risk factors and relation to ophthalmic and cerebral blood flow

Abstract

Sickle retinopathy was correlated with TAMV in MCAs but not in OAs. A significant difference was found between initial and follow-up TAMVs in the MCAs, after 1 year of regular HU and transfusion therapy, in those with conditional velocities.