Rapidly Involuting Congenital Hemangioma: Clinical and Histopathologic Features

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 495-510

  Berenguer, Beatriz ^a   Mulliken, John B ^a   Enjolras, Odile ^b   Boon, Lawrence M ^c   Wassef, Michel ^b   Josset, Patrice ^d   Burrows, Patricia E ^a   Perez Atayde, Antonio R ^a   Kozakewich, Harry P W ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^d ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INVOLUTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

EID: 0346362340     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-003-2134-6     Document Type: Article

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