Infantile hemangiomas: How common are they? A systematic review of the medical literature

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-173

  Kilcline, Christine ^a   Frieden, Ilona J ^b  

^a Solano Dermatology Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEMANGIOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANTILE HEMANGIOMA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDLINE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE OF ONSET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 42549151570     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00626.x     Document Type: Review

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