Update on hemangiomas of infancy

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-377

  Metry, Denise ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Becaplermin gel; Hemangioma of infancy; PHACE syndrome; Segmental hemangioma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BECAPLERMIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ZINC OXIDE;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE MARKER; HEMANGIOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANCY; INFANT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULCER; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; WOUND CARE;

FACIAL NEOPLASMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ULCER; VISCERA;

EID: 3442884528     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000131452.41322.98     Document Type: Review

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