Infants with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome do not have 'true' hemangiomas

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 631-640

  Enjolras, O ^a   Wassef, M ^a   Mazoyer, E ^a   Frieden, I J ^a   Rieu, P N ^a   Drouet, L ^a   Taieb, A ^a   Stalder, J F ^a   Escande, J P ^a  

^a Paris Descartes University   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0030781398     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(97)70249-X     Document Type: Article

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