Thrombocytopenic coagulopathy (Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon) is associated with Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma and not with common infantile hemangioma

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1377-1386

  Sarkar, Molly ^b   Mulliken, John B ^a   Kozakewich, Harry P W ^b   Robertson, Richard L ^b   Burrows, Patricia E ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ANGIOENDOTHELIOMATOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0030701564     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199711000-00001     Document Type: Article

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