Management of hemangioma of infancy: Review of 245 patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1301-1308

  Achauer, Bruce M ^a   Chang, Cheng Jen ^a   Vander Kam, Victoria M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030896943     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199704001-00014     Document Type: Article

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