Corticosteroids therapy in the management of infantile cutaneous hemangiomas

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 662-665

  Jalil, Shazia ^a   Akhtar, Jamshed ^a   Ahmed, Soofia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Hemangioma; Outcome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SKIN ULCER; TABLET;

FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 33845500269     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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