Hepatic hemangioendothelioma: Clinical experience and management strategy

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-106

  Daller, John A ^b   Bueno, Javier ^b   Gutierrez, Jorge ^b   Dvorchik, Igor ^b   Towbin, Richard B ^b   Dickman, Paul S ^b   Mazariegos, George ^b   Reyes, Jorge ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Steroids, interferon

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATIC ARTERY LIGATION; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032905248     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(99)90237-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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