Low-Dose Cyclophosphamide and Interferon Alfa 2a for the Treatment of Capillary Hemangioma of the Orbit

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Wilson, Matthew W ^a,b   Hoehn, Mary Ellen ^a,b   Haik, Barrett G ^a,b   Rieman, Martha ^b   Reiss, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETATE;

AMBLYOPIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER THERAPY; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MASTOIDITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUTROPENIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORBIT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER EYELID; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 34247394511     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.11.031     Document Type: Article

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