Rapidly involuting congenital haemangioma associated with transient thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy: A case series

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1363-1370

  Baselga, E ^a   Cordisco, M R ^b   Garzon, M ^c   Lee, M T ^c   Alomar, A ^a   Blei, F ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Rapidly involuting congenital haemangioma; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FAILURE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43749088682     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08546.x     Document Type: Article

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