Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon: A retrospective study of treatment with vincristine

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 459-462

  Haisley Royster, Camille ^a   Enjolras, Odile ^a   Frieden, Ilona J ^a   Garzon, Maria ^a   Lee, Margaret ^a   De Laat, Peter C J ^a   Madern, Gerard C ^a   Gonzalez, Francisco ^a   Frangoul, Hayder ^a   Le Moine, Philippe ^a   Prose, Neil S ^a   Adams, Denise M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Kasabach Merritt phenomenon; Thrombocytopenia; Vascular tumor; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOGEN METABOLISM; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LABORATORY; MALE; NEWBORN; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0036694371     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200208000-00010     Document Type: Article

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