Skin ulcers in Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome respond to sunitinib

Translational Research

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 194-196

  Nguyen, Sheila ^a   Franklin, Michael ^a   Dudek, Arkadiusz Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MORPHINE; SUNITINIB; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANGIOOSTEOHYPERTROPHY SYNDROME; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; LEG ULCER; LYMPHANGIOMA; PAPULE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER HEALING; VARICOSIS; VEIN SURGERY;

EID: 40849099990     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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