PHACE Syndrome: Report of One Case

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 379-382

  Lin, Ming Chih ^a   Chen, Chao Huei ^a   Chi, Ching Shiang ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dandy Walker malformations; Hemangioma; Internal carotid artery; PHACE syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHACE SYNDROME; PHAKOMATOSIS; POSTERIOR FOSSA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; SYNDROME;

EID: 0742288487     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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