Successful nonoperative therapy for kaposiform hemangioendothelioma involving the neck: Report of 1 case

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 605-607

  Chung, Ming Tsung ^a   Chen, Chien Hsun ^b   Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^a   Yang, Chao Ping ^a   Hsueh, Chuen ^b   Jaing, Tang Her ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242662727     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00716-2     Document Type: Article

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