This observational study was done on 25 severely anemic children aged 0-3 years admitted in the emergency department of GMC Patiala. The aim of the study was to study MRI changes in these children. The classification was done according to type of anemia, neurological changes and MRI findings. Cortical atrophy (table 1) was found to be in 15 out of 25 cases of severe anemia which accounted for 60% of the cases. (table 2). 14 cases out of total children with cerebral atrophy had dimorphic anemia accounting for 56% cases. (table 3).

Keywords: severe anemia, cerebral atrophy, neurological finding, dimorphic anemia.

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Dr Parminder Kaur

Government Medical College, Patiala