Antiangiogenic therapy for a large splenic hemangioma

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1007-1010

  Islam, Saleem ^a,b   Newman, Erika A ^b   Strouse, Peter J ^b   Geiger, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Glucocorticoids; Hemangioma; Spleen; Vascular malformation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLEEN DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDNISONE; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28344439665     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1533-3     Document Type: Article

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