Successful treatment with vincristine of an infant with intractable Kasabach-Merritt syndrome

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-84

  Taki, Masashi ^a   Ohi, Chiai ^a   Yamashita, Atsuki ^a   Kobayashi, Miwako ^a   Kobayashi, Noriaki ^a   Yoda, Takashi ^a   Horiuchi, Takeshi ^a   Aikyou, Miho ^b   Horikoshi, Yasuo ^c   Mimaya, Junichi ^c  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interferon ; Kasabach Merritt syndrome; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ANTITHROMBIN; GABEXATE MESILATE; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 33645232221     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02162.x     Document Type: Article

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