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Neuroimaging and Cognitive Function in Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review

Abdi, Suad S; De Haan, Michelle; Kirkham, Fenella J; (2023) Neuroimaging and Cognitive Function in Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review. Children , 10 (3) , Article 532. 10.3390/children10030532. Green open access

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Abstract

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited single-gene disease. Complications include chronic anaemia, reduced oxygen-carrying capability, and cerebral vasculopathy, resulting in silent cerebral infarction, stroke, and cognitive dysfunction with impairments in measures of executive function, attention, reasoning, language, memory, and IQ. This systematic review aims to investigate the association between neuroimaging findings and cognition in children with SCD. Searches of PubMed and Embase were conducted in March 2022. Studies were included if participants were <18 years, if original data were published in English between 1960 and 2022, if any genotype of SCD was included, and if the relationship between cognition and neuroimaging was examined. Exclusion criteria included case studies, editorials, and reviews. Quality was assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Case Control Checklist. A total of 303 articles were retrieved; 33 met the eligibility criteria. The presence of overt or silent strokes, elevated blood flow velocities, abnormal functional connectivity, and decreased fMRI activation were associated with neuropsychological deficits in children with SCD when compared to controls. There is a critical need to address the disease manifestations of SCD early, as damage appears to begin at a young age. Most studies were cross-sectional, restricting the interpretation of the directionality of relationships. Future research employing longitudinal neuroimaging and neuropsychological assessments could improve our understanding of the cumulative consequences of SCD on the developing brain.

Type: Article
Title: Neuroimaging and Cognitive Function in Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review
Location: Switzerland
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/children10030532
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030532
Language: English
Additional information: © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: anemia; sickle cell; neuropsychology; intelligence quotient; transcranial Doppler; magnetic resonance imaging; connectome
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10167784
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