Management of vascular birthmarks: Review of a multidisciplinary clinic

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  O'Regan, Grainne ^a   Orr, David ^a   O'Donovan, David ^a   Russell, John ^a   Irvine, Alan D ^a   Watson, R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORPHOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSED DYE LASER; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; STEM CELL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VEIN MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; HEMANGIOMA; HOSPITAL; IRELAND; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BLOOD VESSELS; CAFE-AU-LAIT SPOTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PORT-WINE STAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249789574     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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