Vincristine for the treatment of Kasabach-Merrit syndrome: Recent New Zealand case experience

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1249, 2007, Pages

  Thomson, Kimberley ^a   Pinnock, Ralph ^b   Teague, Lochie ^b   Johnson, Rachel ^c   Manikkan, Noel ^d   Drake, Ross ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROMETHAZINE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; VINCRISTINE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; MALE; MOON FACE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRURITUS; RARE DISEASE; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 33847670184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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