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Fenella J. Kirkham is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research work is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Genetics, Hematology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Additional subfields include Orthopedics and Sports Medicine as well as Rheumatology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Bone and Joint Diseases
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Epilepsy research and treatment

Kirkham has contributed to several recent scientific papers, including the following:

  • "Epidemiology of Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease," 2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebrovascular disease in children and adults," 2020, Blood Advances
  • "Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association," 2024, Stroke
  • "Moderate fixed-dose hydroxyurea for primary prevention of strokes in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease: Final results of the SPIN trial," 2020, American Journal of Hematology
  • "Imaging Predictors of Neurologic Outcome After Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke," 2020, Stroke

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Kirkham include:

  • Hanne Stotesbury
  • Anna Hood
  • Jamie M. Kawadler
  • Karin Shmueli
  • Dawn E. Saunders

The venues where Kirkham frequently publishes research comprise:

  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • Children
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Stroke
  • Blood

Best Publications

  • Management of Stroke in Infants and Children A Scientific Statement From a Special Writing Group of the American Heart Association Stroke Council and the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young

    E. Steve Roach;Meredith R. Golomb;Robert Adams;Jose Biller

  • Antithrombotic Therapy in Neonates and Children: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition)

    Paul Monagle;Elizabeth Chalmers;Anthony Chan;Gabrielle deVeber

  • Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in children: risk factors, presentation, diagnosis and outcome

    G Sebire;B Tabarki;DE Saunders;Inès Leroy

  • Controlled trial of transfusions for silent cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia

    Michael R DeBaun;Mae Gordon;Robert C McKinstry;Michael J Noetzel

  • Investigation of risk factors in children with arterial ischemic stroke.

    Vijeya Ganesan;Mara Prengler;Mara Prengler;Michael A. McShane;Michael A. McShane;Angela M. Wade

  • Mortality in Sickle Cell Anemia in Africa: A Prospective Cohort Study in Tanzania

    Julie Makani;Julie Makani;Sharon E. Cox;Sharon E. Cox;Deogratius Soka;Albert N. Komba

  • Childhood arterial ischaemic stroke incidence, presenting features, and risk factors: A prospective population-based study

    Andrew A. Mallick;Vijeya Ganesan;Fenella J. Kirkham;Fenella J. Kirkham;Penny Fallon

  • Clinical outcomes in children with sickle cell disease living in England: a neonatal cohort in East London

    Paul Telfer;Pietro Coen;Subarna Chakravorty;Olu Wilkey

  • Impact of Thrombophilia on Risk of Arterial Ischemic Stroke or Cerebral Sinovenous Thrombosis in Neonates and Children A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

    Gili Kenet;Lisa K. Lütkhoff;Manuela Albisetti;Timothy Bernard

  • Silent cerebral infarcts: a review on a prevalent and progressive cause of neurologic injury in sickle cell anemia

    Michael R. DeBaun;F. Daniel Armstrong;Robert C. McKinstry;Russell E. Ware

  • Outcome after ischaemic stroke in childhood.

    V Ganesan;A Hogan;N Shack;A Gordon

  • Transcranial measurement of blood velocities in the basal cerebral arteries using pulsed Doppler ultrasound: velocity as an index of flow.

    F.J. Kirkham;T.S. Padayachee;S. Parsons;L.S. Seargeant

  • Choline acetyltransferase mutations cause myasthenic syndrome associated with episodic apnea in humans

    Kinji Ohno;Akira Tsujino;Joan M. Brengman;C. Michel Harper

  • Nocturnal hypoxaemia and central-nervous-system events in sickle-cell disease.

    F J Kirkham;F J Kirkham;D K M Hewes;D K M Hewes;M Prengler;M Prengler;A Wade;A Wade

  • American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebrovascular disease in children and adults

    M. R. DeBaun;L. C. Jordan;A. A. King;J. Schatz

  • The course and outcome of unilateral intracranial arteriopathy in 79 children with ischaemic stroke.

    K. P. J. Braun;M. M. M. Bulder;S. Chabrier;F. J. Kirkham

  • Central nervous system complications and management in sickle cell disease

    Michael R. DeBaun;Fenella J. Kirkham

  • Cerebral Venous Sinus (Sinovenous) Thrombosis in Children

    Nomazulu Dlamini;Lori Billinghurst;Fenella J. Kirkham

  • Seizures and raised intracranial pressure in Vietnamese patients with Japanese encephalitis

    Tom Solomon;Nguyen Minh Dung;Rachel Kneen;Le Thi Thu Thao

  • Intracranial pressure in African children with cerebral malaria

    C. R. J. C. Newton;F. J. Kirkham;P. A. Winstanley;G. Pasvol

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles R. Newton
Charles R. Newton University of Oxford
Michael R. DeBaun
Michael R. DeBaun Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kevin Marsh
Kevin Marsh University of Oxford
Gabrielle deVeber
Gabrielle deVeber University of Toronto
Alan Connelly
Alan Connelly Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Robert C. Strunk
Robert C. Strunk Washington University in St. Louis
Faraneh Vargha-Khadem
Faraneh Vargha-Khadem University College London
Romola S. Bucks
Romola S. Bucks University of Western Australia
Andrew M. Prentice
Andrew M. Prentice London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Swee Lay Thein
Swee Lay Thein King's College London

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