Interferon α-2b at low doses as long-term antiangiogenic treatment of a metastatic intracranial hemangioendothelioma: A case report

Oncology Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-149

  Palmieri, Giovannella ^a,b   Montella, Liliana ^a   Martignetti, Angelo ^a   Bianco, Angelo Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Hemangioendothelioma; Interferon; Vascular neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR;

ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 0033631127     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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