Management of parotid hemangioma in 100 children

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-60

  Greene, Arin ^a,b   Rogers, Gary F ^a,b   Mulliken, John B ^a,b,c  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; INTERFERON; ALPHA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROTID GLAND HEMANGIOMA; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; CHILD; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1242331403     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000099377.84921.E0     Document Type: Article

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