Management of hemangiomas in children

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-4

  Oak, S N ^a   Viswanath, Naveen ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; BETAMETHASONE; BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYPHENCYCLIMINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

AMBLYOPIA; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASTIGMATISM; BLEEDING; BLINDNESS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG FEVER; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LEUKOPENIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALAISE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PTOSIS; SCLEROTHERAPY; STRABISMUS; SWELLING; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULCER; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 32044437127     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.19709     Document Type: Editorial

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