Treatment of lymphangiomas with OK-432 (Picibanil)

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Rautio, Riitta ^a   Keski Nisula, Leo ^b   Laranne, Jussi ^b   Laasonen, Erkki ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Lymphangioma; OK 432; Sclerotherapy

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; PICIBANIL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHANGIOMA; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCLEROTHERAPY; THORAX; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; PICIBANIL; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037968392     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-002-1980-3     Document Type: Article

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