Hepatic haemangioendothelioma presenting with early heart failure in a newborn: Treatment with hepatic artery embolization and interferon

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1373-1375

  Fok, T F ^a   Chan, M S Y ^a   Metreweli, C ^a   Ng, P C ^a   Yeung, C K ^a   Li, A K C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Haemangioendothelioma; Hepatic artery embolization; Interferon; Liver; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 INTERFERON; INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029849901     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb13930.x     Document Type: Article

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