Interferon alpha-2a therapy for disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-277

  Kunishige, Makoto ^a   Azuma, Hiroyuki ^a   Masuda, Kenjiro ^a   Shigekiyo, Toshio ^a   Arii, Yoshiharu ^a   Kawai, Hisaomi ^a   Saito, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030934497     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979704800312     Document Type: Article

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