Corticosteroid treatment of periorbital haemangioma of infancy: A review of the evidence

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1134-1138

  Ranchod, T M ^b   Frieden, I J ^c   Fredrick, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CLOBETASOL; CORTICOSTEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ASTIGMATISM; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOMA OF INFANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; ORBIT TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; ORBIT; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24044520692     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.070508     Document Type: Review

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