Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome Associated with Consumption Coagulopathy: Treatment with Interferon

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-348

  Apak, H ^a,c   Celkan, T ^a   Ozkan A ^a   Yildiz, I ^a   Aydemir, E H ^b   Ozdil, S ^b   Kuruoglu, S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bean syndrome; Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Interferon

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; MALE; NEVUS, BLUE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 2942523358     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077846     Document Type: Article

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