Multimodal management of endangering hepatic hemangioma: impact on transplant avoidance: a descriptive case series

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 120-126

  Draper, Haley ^a   Diamond, Ivan R ^a   Temple, Michael ^a   John, Philip ^a   Ng, Vicky ^a   Fecteau, Annie ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Embolization; Hemangioma; Liver

Indexed keywords

ALDACTAZINE; DIGOXIN; INTERFERON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 38149045681     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.09.030     Document Type: Article

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