High dose oral prednisone for hemangiomas in infants

Harefuah

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 1997, Pages

  Sadan, Nahum ^a   Wolach, Baruch ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; PREDNISONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030997825     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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